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TABLE OF DISTANCES MEASURED BY CAMEL AND HORSE PACE.

Left.

Place Time.

Teuchira W ady . . .

Wady Fort * Bengazi . Aziaiia .. Birsis Teuchira \7ady El Assa H. 10 10 12 00 1 00 4 00 7 00 9 15 G 10 8 30 11 25 Arrived.

Place.

Wady .... Aady .... A Fort .... Ptolemeta .

Ptolemeta 7 10 Wady El Assa 1 i 07 Teuchira Birsis Handoola Aziana ...

7 0 9 10 7 00 8 00 Whole distance Aziana ... Birsis Teuchira Whole distance \Tady El Assa Ptolemeta Whole distance Wady El Assa Teuchira Time.

II.

12 00 1 00 3 10 6 25 9 15 5 08 8 30 11 25 4 10 Whole distance Birsis Handoola Aziana ...

Bengazi . . .

Whole distance 11 07 1 45 9 10 4 00 8 00 10 25 Interval H. ' 1 50 1 00 2 10 2 25 2 15 7 53 2 20 2 55 4 45 3 57 2 38 2 10 6 50 1 00 2 25 From To Teuchira Ptolemeta. Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto . Ditto .

Actual distance Teuchira Bengazi. Ditto Ditto Actnal distance And by these the whole distance, From To Bengazi Ptolemeta Ditto Ditto Actual distance Rate per hour.

Distance Miles.

31 2k 3 24 3 3 23 “4 2i 34 7i 234 6i 4 23?

374 131 22 13 81 84 201 oa "4 8?

301 234 22 211 224 22 374 361 304 344 591 57f 584 504 REMARKS, &c.

These distances are by horse pace.

This by ctunel pace.

From Teuchira to Ptolemeta.

y Camel pace.

From Bengazi to Teuchira.

Horse pace.

From Teuchira to Ptolemeta.

Horse pace ; camels arrived an hour after, From Ptolemeta to Teuchira.

I Single camel.

Teuchira to Bengazi.

By first measurement.

By the second. By the third. Mean.

By observations of latitude and longitude.

By second measurement*.

By third. Mean.

By latitude and longitude.

By one measurement.

By the other. Mean.

By latitude and longitude.

♦ The first measurement from Bengazi to Teuchira is omitted, in consequence of the camels having deviated a little from tlie road afterwards travelled.

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