[6]Viaggio da Tripoli, &c., p. 77, 78.
[7]We subjoin a few of these characteristic marks, with the names of the tribe, to which they belong, attached. Some of them, it will be seen, resemble Greek letters, and when they are well cut, have a very knowing appearance.
| Mogharbé, | Ouarghir, | Wéled Sulimàn, | Orfilli, | Wéled Ben-Miriam, |
| Wéled Abou-Saif, | Gedádfa, | Hemámla, | Zoazi, | Zoeia, |
| Hassoun, | Gebshia, | Name forgotten. |
[8]The drawing annexed will give some idea of the manner in which these blocks are disposed.
[9]The dangerous peculiarities of the Gulfs of Syrtis are frequently noticed by the ancients; but the following passage from Sallust seems to allude more particularly to the powerful action of the surf, so conspicuous in the instance which we have just described.