DISCOVERIES OF THE ANCIENTS* #1 
coast of Morocco ; , the Lixus was the modern 
Lucos, Cerne was Fedala, and the whole voyage 
extended little beyond the river of Nun. * Those 
who wish to see how far learning and ingenuity 
can be carried upon such a subject, will find much 
gratification in perusing the respective treatises of 
these very learned and eminent writers. It is cer- 
tain, that the whole aspect of man and nature, as 
observed by Hanno, seems exactly that which now 
presents itself on the banks of the Gambia and 
Senegal. Morocco, indeed, in its native and un- 
subdued state, must have been much more nearly 
in the same situation than now ; yet there seems 
some difficulty in supposing the resemblance to 
have been so very complete. Some of the details, 
however, particularly those relating to the river 
Lixus, support M. Gosselin's hypothesis so very 
strongly, that, after much hesitation, we rather 
incline to concur in it. 
It does not appear that the Greeks and Ro- 
mans ever sailed much along this exterior coast of 
Africa. There exists, however, another docu- 
ment of some importance, called the Periplus of 
Scylax. t This work consists, not of the narrative 
of any particular voyage, but of a description, col- 
lected probably from various sources, of all the 
* Geographie des Anciens, I. 6l-I(>4, 
f Geog. Grace, Minores, Yah T. 
