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privilege of paying no tribute or duty : this charter, we were 
assured, has continued to the present time, and is said to be still 
respected by the Bashaw, and to extend itself to the posterity of 
these people, whether they settle in their native places, or in any 
other part of the country between Mesurata and Syrt. 
Jebha, the son of this celebrated Mar^but, conceived the project 
of estabhshing a convenient communication between the two lakes, 
or marshes, or, more properly speaking, between the two parts of the 
same marsh, and fixed upon the rising ground which is occupied by 
the gusser as the spot best qualified for the purpose. He accord- 
ingly made known this proposal to his friends, and conducted a little 
party to establish themselves on the eminence. 
But the people of Tbwergah, aware of this intention, and jealous 
of the colony about to be planted by Jebha, stole upon them in the 
night, and attacking them unexpectedly, massacred the whole of the 
party. To commemorate the project of the unfortunate Jebha, and 
the trasical event which attended it, the little structure in question 
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was raised by the people of Esha, and called after the name of their 
benefactors ; while he, and the party which accompanied him, were 
buried round the consecrated building. Gusser el Jebha consists ot 
three narrow, vaulted chambers, parallel and communicating with 
each other, and which are entered by a door in the central one. 
They are about twenty feet in length, and no more than five in 
breadth, and are rudely constructed with unhewn stones arranged 
with tolerable regularity. The cement is mud with a little mixture 
of lime, and the vaulted ceilings are coated with plaster from the 
