[Footnote 4: _In this estimate of distance, the rate of travelling is supposed to be twenty-two miles per day:—a conclusion that arises from the time that was employed by_ Mr. LUCAS _in travelling from Tripoli to Mesurata; for in that journey of 150 miles, seven days were consumed; and though the caravan was detained for a few hours on the sea coast, and was employed during four more in passing to and from the tents of the Arab, yet these losses were probably compensated by the extraordinary dispatch with which, in consequence of their fears, the greatest part of the journey was performed._] [Footnote 5: The people are of a deep swarthy complexion. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 6: _To these sentiments of constant regard and of deep veneration for their King, his acknowledged descent from the Prophet has undoubtedly contributed: for such, if united to the temporal power, is the effect of this claim to religious authority, that in Morrocco, when in the hour of his wrath the sword of the Emperor is drawn, the submissive victims whom chance or official attendance on the Court presents to his fury, stretch forth their necks with silent and humble acquiescence; perfectly convinced that the stroke of death, when given by so sacred a hand, is an instant admission to Paradise._] [Footnote 7: When I was at Fezzan, about twenty years ago, the actual government was committed to an Alcaid, who received his annual appointment from the Bashaw of Tripoli. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 8: _In Morrocco, as in Fezzan, the Founder of the reigning family was indebted for the diadem to the respect and reverence which the title of Shereef bestows._] [Footnote 9: _From the appearance of the supposed berries, there is reason to suspect that they belong to the class of leguminous plants, and are in fact two species of pease._] [Footnote 10: In the neighbourhood Tombuctou a gold mitgan is worth about 10s. 6d. sterling. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 11: Mr. LUCAS _found by his medicine scales, that the pea called habbat ell goreth, which is used in Fezzan for a weight of four grains, is exactly equal to four grains English._ _In England one grain of gold is worth 2d.—one penny-weight is worth 4s.—and one ounce is worth 4l. sterling._ REES’s Edition of Chambers’s Dictionary, Article “GOLD.”] [Footnote 12: Its depth is from ten to twelve peeks, each of which is twenty-seven inches. The Shereef IMHAMMED.] [Footnote 13: _The rout which_ BEN ALLI _pursued from Fezzan to Bornou is not distinctly described._ _His relation is, that on the 26th day from the time of his leaving Fezzan, he arrived at a place which in Arabic is called Wéddan, or the Rivers, for Wéddan is the plural of Wed which signifies a river._