WANDERINGS
IN
NORTH AFRICA.
NOTICE.
The followingpages have been passed through the press during the absence oftheir Author in the East. This circumstance will explain any fewerrors in the orthography of names of places or persons which maybe met with in them.
GENERAL VIEW OF ROCK TOMBS IN THE NECROPOLIS OF CYRENE.
WANDERINGS
IN
NORTH AFRICA.
BY
JAMES HAMILTON.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1856.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WOODFALL ANDKINDER,
ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | ix |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Malta to Benghazi. — Benghazi. — Aspect ofthe Town. — Population. — Diseases. — Government. — Antiquities. —Dress of the Inhabitants. — Trade. — Artisans. — Jews | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Preparations for Departure from Benghazi. —Leave Benghazi. — Arab Horses. — Ruins of Kasa Tawileh. — Labiar. —What an Arab is. — Mode of Travelling. — Retinue. — Silphium. —Tombs. — Cyrene | 18 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Grennah. — Arab Conversation. — Fountain ofCyre. — Ruins of Cyrene. — Interrupted by Bedawin. — Ruins of aTheatre. — Bas-reliefs. — Inscriptions. — Terraces. — Temple ofÆsculapius. — Aqueduct. — Cyrene’s History unknown. — Its Ruinousstate | 33 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Interview with the Bey. — Arab Feast. — TheBey’s Hospitality | 55 |
| [vi]CHAPTER V. | |
| Meditations at Sunrise. — Violation of theTombs. — Description of the Tombs. — Allegorical Figures. —Splendid Tomb. — Curious Tombs. — Lively Vale. — UnartisticStatues | 62... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |