The Scottish Geographical Magazine 1896 Vol. 12: Published by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine 1896 Vol. 12: Published by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society<br><br>SO that While Barka has drawn students Of antiquity by its well known ancient sites and Murzuk and the surrounding part of Fezzan find a place and description in the pages of our travellers because it was the first town from Tripoli we fail to discover much Of interest about that range of hill-country lying inland from the coast between Nalut on the west and Lebda on the east at a distance varying from 50 to 100 miles.<br><br>I hope to Show in the following notes that these hills through which I made a brief journey in March last are full Of interest and well deserve notice at the hands of both geographers and archaeologists. Certain parts of them are rich in evidences of a hitherto uninvestigated civilisation and the varied physical features Of the tract itself put it before the monotonous and inhospitable desert which lies beyond it.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.