6. Remains of an early Christian Church at Ptolemeta _ib._ 7. Singular Position of Two Inhabited Caves in the Neighbourhood of Apollonia XVII. 8. Position of the Amphitheatre, the Fountain of Apollo, and some other Remains at Cyrene XVI. 9. Elevation of the Internal Façade of an Excavated Tomb at Cyrene _ib._ 10. Suite of Allegorical Figures painted on the Metopes of One of the Excavated Tombs at Cyrene _ib._ 11. Partial View of the Tombs on the Heights of Cyrene _ib._ 12. Architectural Front of One of the Doric excavated Tombs at Cyrene XVIII. 13. Entrance to the Fountain of Apollo at Cyrene (Vignette) XVI. LIST OF CHARTS AND PLANS. General Chart of the Route I. Chart, showing the Difference between the Coast Line of former Charts, and that obtained by the Expedition X. Plan of the Port and Neighbourhood of Bengazi XI. Plan of the City of Teuchira XII. Plan of the City of Ptolemeta _ib._ Plan of the City and Environs of Cyrene XV. Plan of the City, on a larger Scale _ib._ Plan of the Town of Derna and of the Port of Zaffran XVII. Plan of the Port and City of Apollonia _ib._ INTRODUCTION. * * * * * In offering to the Public an account of the mission, the proceedings of which will form the subject of the present Narrative, it may be proper to state briefly the circumstances which gave rise to it, and the objects to which its inquiries were chiefly directed. When Captain Smyth visited the Northern Coast of Africa, in the year 1817, he had many opportunities (during the course of his Survey) of obtaining information connected with the state of the country and the points most deserving of notice which it presented. The exertions of this active and intelligent officer procured at Lebida the matter for the only plan which we have of that city and its antiquities, while his journey to Ghirza made us acquainted with the actual nature of those remains, so important in Arab estimation, the account of which is given at the latter part of our narrative[1].