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which it possesses, are too great to have been overlooked by the 
ancients. 
About the tomb of the Marabut which we have mentioned above, 
there are frequent traces of building ; and the tomb itself is con- 
structed with the fragments of more ancient structures ; while the 
beach and its neighbourhood are strewed with a quantity of pottery 
and glass. These ruins, although they now, with the exception 
of the Marabut and the forts, consist only of loose stones and imper- 
fect ground-plans, appear to be more indicative of the site of an 
ancient town than those which we have mentioned at Guadigmata ; 
and, if Graphara could be placed so near as twenty miles to Leptis 
Magna, they might probably be considered as its remains. The 
quadrangular forts which we have just mentioned as occupying 
the heights of Sidy Abdell^ti, might in that case have belonged 
to a station attached to the town ; and the port discovered by Cap- 
tain Smyth at Abdellata (mentioned above) may then be taken as 
the one intended by Scylax. 
Without carrying the subject further, we may say, in conclusion, 
that Sidy Abdellati has undoubtedly been a strong military station, 
whatever pretensions it may have to be considered as the site of 
Graphara. 
After leaving this place, the road led us, through the valley of 
Selin, to a tolerably wide stream called Negg4zi, which, winding 
between the hills, gave an unusual interest to the view. We conti- 
nued our route for a short time along its banks, and then ascended 
the range of hills called Selem, which branches off from the Ter- 
