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map, as no opportunity had been hitherto enjoyed of bestowing more 
than a slight inspection upon it. 
While we were making the necessary arrangements for our depar- 
ture, Shekh Aadam, a man of some influence in the place, waited 
upon us with an order from Bey Mahommed enjoining him to 
render us every assistance in his power. We thought him accord- 
ingly a very proper person to accompany us in our visit to Apollo- 
nia, as his knowledge of the country would probably be of service in 
our researches, while his influence at the same time might prevent 
interruption. We had not indeed met with a single individual 
either at or in the neighbourhood of the place, excepting the two 
fair Tenants of the cliff* who dwelt among the haunts of the eagle ; 
but as Arab tribes have in general no fixed habitation, but move as 
the season or circumstances direct, we could not tell how long we 
might remain unmolested in our rambles among its antiquities. 
Shekh AMam was in consequence attached to our party ; and we 
again left Cyrene, on the 7th of June, with the intention of pro- 
ceeding direct to Apollonia. 
The road which leads to that place from the fountain winds 
along the foot of the upper range on which Cyrene is situated, 
and then taking a north-easterly direction, through a tolerably 
level and very fertile country, passes through the ruins of an an- 
cient village, where a number of sarcophagi are still visible, ranged 
on either side of the path. Here the road turns more to the north- 
ward, and leading through a wood, over some stony hills, continues 
along a ridge between two deep ravines to the brow^ of the moun- 
