TRIPOLY TO BENGAZI.

81 CHAPTER V.

Arrival at Zeliten— Description of the Village and District of that name— Harbour of Zeliten— Remains in its neighbourhood probably those of the Cisternae Oppidum of Ptolemy — Tomb of the Mardbut Sidy Abd el Saldm — Respect shewn to it by our party in passing before it General appearance of these Structures— Arab credulity and superstition— Leave Zeliten— Remains between it and Selin— Arrive at Selin, the Orir, apparently, of Signor Della Celia —Proceed to Zouia— Ports called by the Arabs Mersa Gusser and Mersa Zoraig— Arrive at Mesurata, the Western Boundary of the Greater Syrtis— Description of the Town and District of Mesurata— Account of them by Leo Africanus— Visit from the Shekh of Mesurata— Splendid Costume and Equipage of the Shekh compared with that of our Bedouin Guide, Shekh Mahommed el Dhbbah — Allusion to the report mentioned at the end of the Third Chapter— Great demand for Medicine at Mesurata— Considerate conduct of Mr. Campbell-Speedy success of his treatment in many difficult cases— Miraculous cure of a young Arab woman by an itinerant Sherif and Mardbut— Detention of the party at Mesurata — Observations on Cape Mesurata, considered as the Cephalas Promontorium of Strabo — Remarks of Signor Della Celia on this subject — Alterations proposed by that gentleman in the punctuation of a passage in Strabo descriptive of the Promontory — Actual appearance of the Promontory sufficiently consistent with the account of Strabo — Well-founded Remarks of Signor Della Celia on the extension of the Gharian Chain, &c.— Extensive View from the Sand-hills at the back of Mesurata — Singular contrast presented by the view over the dreary wastes of the Syrtis compared with that over the plain of Mesurata — Hot wind, and swarm of locusts accompanying it — Alarm of the Arabs of Mesurata — Precautions adopted by them on the occasion — Destructive consequences (mentioned by Shaw) resulting from the visit of a flight of Locusts which he witnessed — Remarks of Pliny on the same subject — Arrival of the Camels, and departure from Mesurata.

On our arrival at Zeliten, we found barley and oil in abundance, and much cheaper than in the neighbourhood of Tripoly ; we availed ourselves, accordingly, of the favourable state of the market, to replenish our supply of these articles with the produce of the district of Cinyps.

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