NOTICES FROM TRIPOLI. 
if he had left any writings, and as it is a maxim 
with Moors never to destroy papers, it is barely 
possible that these may yet be recovered. 
As an appendage to the travels of Horneman 
we may here introduce some notices collected by 
M. Langles, at Paris, from the mouth of a Tripo- 
litan who had visited Fezzan and Bornou.* He 
described the route to Fezzan over the mountain 
Garian, which the caravans are often obliged to 
take, when war with the Arab tribes renders it 
unsafe to follow the easier one by Mesurata. 
He gave the following itinerary : From Tripoli 
to the foot of Garian 72 miles, to Al-Garieh 7^> 
to Mezdah 72, to El-Dschefer 48, to Sogna 168, 
to Mourzouk 147 ; in all 579 miles. It may 
be performed in 25 days, but the halts usually 
cause it to occupy from 40 to 45. The moun- 
tainous territory of Garian is populous, almost 
entirely covered with olive-trees, and produces 
also much saffron. The Arabs who inhabit it 
carry to Fezzan olive oil, sheep, and butter ; they 
are nearly independent of Tripoli, paying only a 
small tribute. From Tripoli to Sogna, the first 
town in Fezzan, there is nothing but salt-water. 
* Inserted in the French edition of Horneman's travels, but 
not having this at hand, I copy from a German translation iii 
the Weymar Ephemeriden, August 1803, 
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