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point, of the coast, called Thycus Promontorium, now Cape Ra- 
sat, v7as Apollonia, now Marza Susa, or Sosush, formerly the 
port of Cyrene, that city being situated a little inland: it was 
founded by Battus, who led thither a Lacedemonian colony from 
Thera, one of the Cyclades; and the kingdom was afterwards 
bequeathed to the Romans by the last-of the Ptolemies, surnamed 
Apion, and was formed by that nation into a province with Crete. 
The expedition will explore the vestiges of it, which are supposed 
still to remain under the name of Curin: to the east of this stood, 
the fifth city of ancient Cyrenaica, called Darnis, now Derne. 
South of Marmorica (before mentioned), which our country-, 
men will visit, and in the midst of the sands of the Libyan Desert, 
was a small and beautiful spot, refreshed by streams and luxuriant 
with verdure, in which stood the Temple, so celebrated in anti- 
quity, of Jupiter Ammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus 
in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when 
petishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and showed him a 
fountain. Here was the Fons Solis, whose waters were cold at 
noon and hot at night. Here also was the celebrated ancient 
Oracle, so difficult of access through the Libyan Deserts, and 
which was consulted by Alexander the Great after a memorable 
and dangerous journey, the token of which transmitted to poste- 
rity, is the ram’s horn upon the head of that Conqueror on nu- 
merous medals. 
The Expedition will, in all probability, be engaged three or 
four years. —.- 
DISAPPEARANCE OF A MOUNTAIN. 
The Journal des Debats says—‘‘ An extraordinary event hap- 
pened in the environs of Aubenas on the 15th of June last. A 
loud report was heard, during five or six minutes, to the extent 
of six miles round. The inhabitants knew not the cause; when 
a very high mountain, called Gerbier de Jone, at the foot of which 
springs the Loire, disappeared, and presented nothing but a lake. 
This mountain was high, and it was difficult to reach the top, at 
the extremity of which there was a fountain. The commotion 
was so strong, that it produced an earthquake five leagues in cir- 
cumference.” 
OBSERVATORY AT ABO, 
The Emperor Alexander has erected at Abo in Finland a mag- 
nificent Observatory, the direction of which he has intrusted to 
the celebrated astronomer Balbeck. 
NEW SHETLAND. 
«¢ The large islands of South Shetland, which have been dis- ° 
covered, are five in number, One has been named Livingston’s 
Island 
