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caravan intercourse between Fezzan and Tripoli 

 was still uninterrupted, although the pilgrims from 

 Fezzan to Cairo and Mecca had suffered consider- 

 able inconvenience in consequence of the irruptions 

 of the Wahabis, with whom the Pasha of Egypt was 

 then at war. In this manner the time passed agree- 

 ably enough. On the 15th, the ship made Candia ; 

 on the 17th, Rhodes was seen at a great distance; 

 and on the 19th, they anchored in the port of Sa- 

 talia. 



This part of the coast of Caramania is rough and 

 precipitous; the highest ridges of the mountains 

 were covered with snow ; they were quite barren, 

 resembling in their shape and aspect the African 

 mountains in the Strait of Gibraltar. The town is 

 built partly on a cliff, and partly on the plain behind 

 it, with gardens extending three or four miles along 

 the shore. As the plague then raged in that quar- 

 ter, they did not land, but departed the same even- 

 ing; and after sailing for three days along the 

 Caramanian coast, which was bounded all the way 

 with a chain of snowy mountains, they anchored on 

 the 26th at Mersin, about fourteen miles to the 

 west of Tarsus. The inhabitants are principally 

 Greeks and Turks, governed by an Aga, who ap- 

 points subordinate rulers to collect the revenue, 

 which the chiefs and the Aga divide equally be- 

 tween them. 



At Tarsus, which was seen at a distance by its 

 groups of trees, the travellers met with a kind re- 

 ception. " Peace be with you," " You are wel- 

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