DESCRIPTION OF ITS DISTRICTS. 
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Fezzan is divided into ten districts, of which the 
principal is El-Hofrah, containing the capital, 
Mourzuk, and several smaller towns. It is here 
and there besprinkled with beautifal gardens, in 
which are cultivated, besides the date-palm, several 
of the choicest fruits that grow on the coast — as figs, 
grapes, peaches, pomegranates, and melons. In 
these gardens, as in most of the oases of the desert, 
the-fruit trees that require most protection from the 
sun are planted between the palms, which make a 
kind of roof with their long leaves. Abd-el-Galeel 
destroyed many of these groves to punish their 
owners, refractory to his authority. 
Two crops are obtained in the year : in the 
spring, barley and wheat are reaped ; and in the 
summer and autumn, Indian corn, ghaseb, and other 
kinds of grain. All the culture is carried on by 
means of irrigation, the w^ater being thrown over the 
fields by means of runnels of various dimensions 
twice in the day ; that is, once early in the morning, 
and once late in the afternoon until dark. 
Wady Ghudwah is a single town with gardens, 
and the other features common to all the Fezzan 
oases. 
Sebha includes two towns, having a considerable 
population, with gardens and date-palms. 
Bouanees includes three towns, well peopled, 
and has immense numbers of date-palms. 
El-Jofrah contains the second capital or large 
town of the pashalic, Sockna, built of stones and 
