ἴ ρεσι μεγάλοις, ἐξ ὧν ῥεῖν φασι τὸν
Αίξον, περὶ δὲ τὰ ὄρη κατοικεῖν ἀνθρώπους
ἀλλοιομόρφους, Τρωγλοδύτας· οὓς
ταχυτέρους ἵππων ἐν δρόμοις
ἔφραζον οἱ Αιξίται.
Hanno ‘Periplus,’ 7. Text of C. Müller.
Contrary to the opinion of most commentators, we are disposed to think that the river Lixus of Hanno is the Sous. The description, ‘a large river of Libya, said to flow from the great mountains,’ must refer either to the Sous or the Draha; but it is not likely that at any period there can have been a considerable population about the mouth of the Draha, as there evidently was at the place commemorated by Hanno.
[2]M. Balansa gives for the height in round numbers 1,100 metres, or 3,609 English feet.
[3]Like the other illustrations in Jackson’s work, this must be derived from a very imperfect sketch, or else much altered by the fancy of the draftsman. In this the great city shown in the background is a mere fiction of the imagination.
[4]See Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. xxviii. p. 88.