Chapter II

JOURNEY FROM TRIPOLI TO MORZOUK.
Preparations for their Departure, in Company with Mohammed
el Mukni — Encampment in the Mountains of Terhoona, and at
the Wells of Melghra — Arrival at Benioleed — Interview with
the Wife of the Sheikh, of the Kafflé — Their Christian
Friends return to Tripoli — Punishment of an Arab for Theft
— Journey over the Desert — Remains of a Roman Castle —
Continuation of the Journey, until their Arrival at Sockna —
Entry into that City — Description of it — Manner of raising
the Tribute Money — Accompany the Sultan’s Son to Hoon and
Wadan, to receive the Taxes — Account of those Places —
Return to Sockna — Leave Sockna — Singular Custom imposed
on Travellers in passing the Soudah Mountains — Arrival at
Nufdai — Clear the Soudah Mountains — And travel over the
gravelly Plain, through the Pass of Kenair, to the Well of
Om el Abeed — Visit the Towns of Zeighan and Samnoo, famed
for their Marāboots — Encamp at Temenhint — Arrival at
Sebha, where the Black Population commences — Pass on to
Ghroodwa — Entry to Morzouk, the Capital of Fezzan 58

CHAPTER III.
ARRIVAL AT MORZOUK.
Mode of travelling across the Desert — Interview with the
Sultan — Description of Morzouk — Population — Castle of
the Sultan — Illness and severe Distress of the Author and
his Companions — Arrival of a Kafflé of Tuarick — Fast of
Rhamadan — Departure of an Expedition to obtain Slaves
from the Country of Borgoo — Diseases of the Inhabitants,
and the Native Methods of Cure — Feast of Aidel Shraya
— Observations on the Tuarick — Their Religion, Dress,
Customs, and Language — Ghraat — Its Government, Laws, and
Trade — Market there — Arrival of a Kafflé from Bornou with
Slaves — Information respecting Bornou and the surrounding
Countries, as collected from the Traders — Of Kashna and
Soudan, in general — Account of Hornemann and his Death
— Tembuctoo — General Remarks on the Geography of the
Interior, and probable Course of the Niger — Vocabulary of
the Fellātta Language — Conjectures on the Fate of Park 89

CHAPTER IV.
Articles of Commerce between Fezzan and the Interior, as
well as to Egypt, Bornou, and Waday — Gonja — Description
of Ghadams — Benewaleed and Benewazeed — Reports of a
Successor to Mukni — His Illness — Gardens — Costumes of the
Natives — Their Amusements — Visits to the Sultan’s Family
— Celebration of the Feast of Aid el Kebire — Sickness and
Sufferings of the Author and his Companions — Education of
the Children of Morzouk — Revenues of the Sultan of Fezzan
— Illness and lamented Death of Mr. Ritchie — His Funeral —
Determination of the Author to penetrate to the Southward of
Morzouk 152

CHAPTER V.
Departure for Tegerry, through Zuela and Gatrone — Arrival
at Zaizow — Pass on to Traghan — Visit Gardens and Springs
— Arrival at Zaitoon and Touela — Pass Villages of Maghwa
and Taleb — Arrival at Hamera — Illness — Leave Hamera —
Bearings of its neighbouring Villages — Large Salt Plain —
Arrival at Zuela — Description of Inhabitants — Author’s
Illness — Ancient Buildings — Hospitality of the Shreefs
— Leave the Town — Arrival at Terboo — Its Wretchedness —
Curious Story of Marāboot — Arrival at Mejdool — Journey
across the Desert, and Arrival at Gatrone — Feast of Milood
— Costume, Character, and general Description of the Tibboo
— Description of Gatrone — Accounts of Tibesty and Waday,
from a Tibboo Trader — Tibboo Language — Leave Gatrone in
order to meet the Grazzie — El Bakkhi — Tibboo Manner of
making Tar — Arrival at Tegerry 202

CHAPTER VI.
Castle of Tegerry — Description of the Town — Some Accounts
of the Desert of Bilma — Salt Lake of Agram — Ride out
on the Desert — Leave Tegerry — Belford’s dangerous
State — Return to Gatrone — Arrival of the Grazzie, or
Slave-hunters, with many Captives and Camels — Account
of their Excursion, and of Borgoo and Wajunga — Manner
of making Captives — Leave Gatrone in Company with the
Grazzie — Mestoota — Reception at Deesa — Feast at Zaizow
— Return to Morzouk — Go out to witness the Triumph of the
Slave-hunters — Sultan’s Reception of his Son — Remarks
on Grazzies — Accounts of Slave-markets — Arrival of Aboo
Becker, and Continuation of Mukni in Command — Further
Accounts of the Countries of the Tibboo — Arrangements in
the Sale of Slaves, so as to ensure the Sultan his Share 239

CHAPTER VII.
OF FEZZAN.
Aspect of the Country — State of Cultivation — Minerals —
Animals — Birds — Vegetable Productions — Fruits — Esculents
— Time and Manner of cultivating Grain — Water — Towns —
Food of Inhabitants — Possibility of improving Agriculture
— Tenure of Lands — Weights and Measures — Government —
Principal People — Character of the Natives — Inroads into
the Negro Countries — State of the Slave Trade — Crimes and
Punishments — Character of the Natives — Religion — State of
Literature and Ingenuity — Language — State of the Women —
Records — Slavery and the Slave Trade — Laws relative to the
Issue of Slaves 270

CHAPTER VIII.
Arrangements for our Departure from Morzouk — Parting with
the Sultan — Leave Morzouk to return to Tripoli — Sleep at
Dgleim — Mode of conducting a Kafflé of Slaves — Arrival
at Ghroodwa — Pass two Days at Sebha — Are joined by more
Kafflés — Marriage of an Arab — Account of the Wadey Shati
— Arrive at Temenhint — Zeghen Om el Abeed — Pass of Kenair
— Pass over the five Days Desert to Sockna — Troubles at
Sockna — Further Description of that Place 290

CHAPTER IX.
Leave Sockna — Stop at Hammam — Well of Temedd — Sufferings
of the Slaves — Arrive at Bonjem — Danger on the Desert —
Zemzem — Sofageen — Storm in the Mountains — See two Roman
Ruins — Arrive at Zleetun — Description of that Place —
Leave Zleetun — Visit Lebida — Illness — Arrival at Tripoli
— Account of the Negroes of the Kafflé — General Notices
of the Desert — Belford’s bad State of Health — Departure
from Tripoli — Pass Quarantine at Leghorn — Return over the
Continent to England 323

Performed in the Years 1818-19 & 20.

_BY CAPTN. G. F. LYON. R.N._

_Engraved under the direction of A. Arrowsmith._

_London, Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Strt. March, 1821._]

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