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point out Wad’ el Kh'khan as the Cinyphus, and as such we may 
reasonably consider it. 
The morass is extremely dangerous to cross without a guide, and 
two of our party, who were unprovided with one, experienced much 
difficulty in crossing a small quicksand situated between the marsh 
and the sea. There is another part of this quicksand, more to the east- 
ward, which it was wholly impossible to cross; our horses, in attempt- 
ing it, sank up to the saddle-girths, and the severity of the Arab 
spur alone prevented them from sinking much deeper. We may 
add that the exhalations which rise from the marsh appear to be 
very unwholesome, for one of our Arab escort, who slept a short 
time by the side of it, while we were making some observations, was 
shortly afterwards seized with violent cold shiverings, and every 
symptom of fever. 
At the north-eastern extremity of the morass is the promontory 
called Tabia Point, on which we found the ruins of what appears to 
have been a tomb, and at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from 
the shore may be observed a reef of rocks, which will occasionally 
afford shelter for boats; the part thus protected is called by the 
Arabs Marsa Ugrah, from its vicinity to the village of that name. 
These rocks were above water when visited by Captain Smyth in 
1817 ; but, in consequence, probably, of the prevalence of northerly 
gales, they were covered when we passed along the coast, and cannot 
therefore at all times be depended upon for protection. 
In considering Wad’ el Kh4han as the Cinyphus, which its posi- 
tion with regard to Lebida, and the appearances already pointed 
