MR HORSEMAN'S TRAVELS. 
Sultan, according to his usual custom on the ar- 
rival of a caravan, was posted on a rising ground 
in front of the city. He was seated in an old el- 
bow chair, covered with a cloth striped red and 
green. Each traveller then pulled off his slip- 
pers, and approaching barefoot, kissed the royal 
hand, then went and seated himself behind. The 
pilgrims raised a chaunt of gratitude, for their 
prosperous journey, which was continued till they 
were dismissed by the Sultan, who sent afterwards 
a present of dates and meat to each of the tents. 
Fezzan, according to Horneman, is about 300 
miles in the greatest length of its cultivated part, 
and 200 in its greatest breadth. The climate is not 
agreeable ; in summer, insupportably hot ; in win- 
ter, often extremely cold. It seldom rains, and 
there is not a river, or even rivulet, which deserves 
the name. Dates are the staple product of the soil ; 
though fit for grain, it does not, from the defect 
of cultivation, produce sufficient for the consump- 
tion of the inhabitants. Little attention is paid 
to the rearing of animals. The ass and goat are 
the most numerous. The population is not sup- 
posed to exceed 70,000 or 75,000 inhabitants. Ma- 
nufactures are in the rudest state ; nor does the 
Country contain a good artificer of any description. 
The commerce is, however, considerable ; but 
chiefly of transit, in consequence of the central si- 
tuation of Fezzan. It forms the medium of com- 
