372 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
flirubs and grafs. It appears that the port which is on the 
North 6f the ifthmus might be reftored, though a back water 
be wanting. The few peafants or fifhermen who frequent the 
fpot feemed quite unconfcious of the claffic ground on which 
they trod. 
On the land-fide, a little to the South of the ifthmus, oh- 
ferved remains of an aquedu(5t, which formerly conveyed water 
to Tyre. Under its low arches was a confiderable quantity of 
ftaladtites grown to a large fize. There is alfo a ciftern, fome- 
what refembling thofe of the fons fignatus above mentioned, but 
fmaller. The fountain rifes with fuch force as to turn a mill a 
Kttle lower down. Here are a few fruit trees, and a place where 
coffee is fold. 
From the White Promontory to Seide, antiently Sidon, ex- 
tends a narrow plain by the fea-£hore. North-eaft by Eaft ap- 
pear the fummits of the mountains of Kefrawan, covered with 
fnow. Arrived at Seide near fun-fet. 
Seide is a larger town than Acre. The fituation is good and 
the air falubrious. There are many Chriftians and fome Jews. 
The fea here encroaches on the land. The caftle, built by the 
noted Fakr-el-din, is furrounded by the water. There was for- 
merly a fmall, but convenient port, formed by a ridge of rocks, 
which was filled up by order of that Emir, to prevent the 
Turkifh vefTels from entering, he being at war with that power. 
The caftle, ftyled of St. Louis, which from an adjacent height 
on the South commands the city, ftill remains, as does a part of 
the 
