{ 1 xarobe of Fezzan, { Four grains ditto are equal to { 33 piastres of Tripoli, { { 6d. sterling. { 2 xarobes of Fezzan, { Eight grains ditto are equal to { 66 piastres of Tripoli, { { 1s. sterling. {[10]1 mitkal (an imaginary { coin of Fezzan) Twenty xarobes, } { or } are equal to { 660 piastres of Tripoli, Eighty grains, } { { 10s. sterling. In this view of the currency of Fezzan, the small fractions that would be requisite to render it perfectly accurate are omitted. A mitkal is 675 piastres of Tripoli, or a fraction more than 10s. 1½d. sterling, and consequently it exceeds, by a fraction, the amount of 20 xarobes. The grains of Fezzan are of the same[11] weight as in England, but the okea, or ounce of Fezzan, is very different, for it contains 640 grains; whereas the English ounce contains but 480, which is a fourth less. A Fezzan ounce of gold therefore, or 640 grains, at 1½d. per grain, must be worth in Fezzan 4l. And an English ounce of gold, or 480 grains, at 1½d. per grain, must be worth in Fezzan 3l. Among the circumstances for which the natives of Fezzan, who travelled with Mr. LUCAS, considered their Sovereign as eminently distinguished, they often mentioned his just and impartial, but severe and determined administration of justice; and as a proof of the ascendancy which, in this respect, he has acquired over the minds of his subjects, they described the following custom:—If any man has injured another, and refuses to go with him to the Judge, the complainant, drawing a circle round the oppressor, solemnly charges him, in the King’s name, not to leave the place till the Officers of Justice, in search of whom he is going, shall arrive: and such (if they are to be credited) is, on the one hand, his fear of the punishment which is inflicted on those who disobey the injunction, and so great, on the other, is his dread of the perpetual banishment which, if he seeks his safety by withdrawing from the kingdom, must be his inevitable lot, that this imaginary prison operates as a real confinement, and the offender submissively waits the arrival of the Officers of the Judge.