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voured to comfort the girl who had lost her lover, she appearing 
inconsolable. At length they agreed to have recourse to sorcery, 
to ascertain if he died nobly. A goat was supposed to be killed, 
each of them examining its entrails, and singing several incantations, 
until a happy sign was discovered, when they resumed their pestles, 
winding up with a very beautiful chorus. The master of the girls 
forbade their singing any more, even though I earnestly requested 
that they might be suffered to continue ; he said it was unholy, and 
that they were as great Kaffirs now, as before they acknowledged 
our Lord Mohammed to be the Prophet of God. 
Tuesday, 21st March. — At eight we left the Castle, and passed 
over a sandy flat, the sea being hidden from us by the sand hills. 
At noon we crossed a romantic water-course, having a small limpid 
stream running through it. We saw here the remains of a mag- 
nificent aqueduct, which once ran to Lebida. At a short distance 
from one another were many small edifices resembling the mouths of 
wells, which were once used as communications with the aqueduct ; 
these little buildings are seen all the way to Lebida, and show 
what course the aqueduct takes. At two we separated from the 
Kaffle, and went to the ruins of Lebida, which stand near the sea, 
and are surrounded by sand hills formed against them. The country 
inland of these hills, being highly and most luxuriantly cultivated, 
presents a pleasing aspect. As I was still very unwell, and little 
able to walk up the sand hills, I visited but three or four of the 
buildings, of which the lighthouse appeared the most extraordinary. 
Other ruins, which have once been fortresses, are formed of immense 
masses of stone. 
The remains of the foundation of the ancient city wall are on a 
gigantic scale, and several pillars yet remain of the same description 
as those taken away in the Weymouth store-ship. My time being 
limited, and this place having before been visited and described by 
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