[31]In the Geogr. of Herod. p. 504.
[32]Ibid.
[33]This is explained in the observations on the alluvions of rivers, in the same book, Section xviii.
[34]My friend, Mr. Morton Pitt, M. P. has proved, by the enumeration of the inhabitants of a country parish in Dorsetshire, that the men of an age capable of bearing arms are one-fourth of the whole community. Mr. Horneman, if I understand him rightly, states the number of actual warriors to be 1500; so that we ought, perhaps, to multiply that number by 5, to get nearer to the total amount of the population.
[35]Edrisi places it at seven journies from Cairo; probably through Faiume.
[36]Geography of Herodot. p. 560, 561.
[37]Most of the modern authors, who have mentioned this Oasis, speak of ruins existing in it. In particular Mr. Browne, p. 133.
[38](See Proceed. Afr. Assoc. 1790, ch. x.) The sea coast is truly about eight journies from Gegabib: but I know of no place of the name of Duna. Derna is twice that distance.
[39]See above, [page 108.]
[40]Abulfeda speaks both of its dates and its fountains: and Ben Ali informed Mr. Beaufoy, that it was famous for the “abundance and flavour” of its dates. Proceed. Afr. Assoc. ch. x.