Chapter XX

_Circumnavigation of Libya._--Some adverse criticism may
probably be aroused by my resorting to this expedient for
the prosecuting of my story. That the Phœnicians might
have accomplished it, cannot be disputed; and although
the _Periplus_ of _Hanno_ has recently been proved to be
apocryphal, and the work of some scientific Greek romance
writer, I have not hesitated to incorporate the prominent
feature of it into these imaginary adventures.--_Page 302._