CONTENTS. 
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— Proceed to Zouia — Ports called by the Arabs Mersa Gusser and Mersa Zoraig — Arrive at 
Mesurata, the Western Boundary of the Greater Syrtis — Description of the Town and Dis- 
trict of Mesurata — Account of them by Leo Africanus — Visit from the Shekh of Mesurata — 
Splendid Costume and Equipage of the Shekh compared with that of our Bedouin Guide, 
Shekh Mahommed el Dubbah — Allusion to the report mentioned at the end of the Third 
Chapter — Great demand for Medicine at Mesurata — Considerate conduct of Mr. Campbell — 
Speedy success of his treatment in many difficult cases — Miraculous cure of a young Arab 
woman by an itinerant Sherif and Marabut — Detention of the party at Mesurata — Observa- 
tions on Cape Mesurata, considered as the Cephalus Promontorium of Strabo — Remarks of 
Signor Della Celia on this subject — Alterations proposed by that gentleman in the punctua- 
tion of a passage in Strabo descriptive of the Promontory — Actual appearance of the Pro- 
montory sufficiently consistent with the account of Strabo — Well-founded Remarks of Signor 
Della Celia on the extension of the Gharian Chain, &c. — Extensive View from the Sand-hills 
at the back of Mesurata — Singular contrast presented by the view over the dreary wastes of 
the Syrtis compared with that over the plain of Mesurata — Hot wind, and swarm of Locusts 
accompanying it — Alarm of the Arabs of Mesurata — Precautions adopted by them on the 
occasion — Destructive consequences (mentioned by Shaw) resulting from the visit of a flight 
of Locusts which he witnessed — Remarks of Pliny on the same subject — Arrival of the 
Camels, and departure from Mesurata ........ gl 
CHAPTER VI. 
Entrance of the Syrtis — Extensive Lake, or Marsh, described by Strabo — Remarks of Strabo 
compared with tlie actual appearance and extent of the Marsh — -Remains considered as those 
of the ancient Naval Station, described by Strabo, at the Mouth of the Lake — Appear- 
ance of another Station more to the northward — Gulf of Zuca — Remarks of Signor Della 
Celia connected with it — ^Resemblance of the names Zuchis and Zuca — Non-existence of 
the Gulf of Zuca in the Greater Syrtis — Error of D’Anville and modern Geographers on 
this point — Remarks of Signor Della Celia on the terms Marsh and Lake, as applied to the 
body of water mentioned by Strabo — Dimensions of the existing Marsh — Alleged danger of 
crossing it — Insulated spots in several parts of the Marsh, corresponding with the accounts 
of Strabo — Arrival at Sooleb — Appearance of Pasturage in this Neighbourhood — Liberality 
of Shekh Mahommed — Cause of it ascertained — Sooleb occupies the place assigned in modern 
Charts to the Gulf of Zuca — Continuance of the Marsh — Remains near Mahada called Kusser 
el Jdbbah — Story connected with them related by the Dubbali — Unwillingness of our Arab 
Guides to cross the Marsh — Cause of this ascertained — Narrow escape of two of our party — 
Nature of the Soil in this Neighbourhood — French Inscription left by the Boats of 
the Chevrette — Another left by the Barge of the Adventure — Arrive at Mahad Hassan, 
probably the Turriss Hassan of Edrisi — Remains at Mahad Hassan — Arrive at Giraff, where 
the Marsh terminates altogether — Refractory conduct of our Camel-drivers — Improvement 
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