Travels In The Great Desert Of Sahara In The Years Of 1845 And 1846

Project of Journey.-Opinions of People upon its practicability.-Moral character of Europeans in Barbary.-Leave the Isle of Jerbah for Tripoli in the coaster Mesaoud.-Return back.-Wind in Jerbah.-Start again for Tripoli.-Sakeeah.-Zarzees.-Biban.-The Salinae, or Salt-pits.-Rais-el- Makhbes.-Zouwarah.-Foul Wind, and put into the port of Tripoli Vecchia.-Quarrel of Captain with Passengers.-Description of this Port.- My fellow-travellers, and Said the runaway Slave.-Arrival at Tripoli, and Health-Office.-Colonel Warrington, British Consul-General.-The British Garden.-Interview with Mehemet Pasha.-Barbary Politics.-Aspect of Tripoli.-Old Castle of the Karamanly Bashaws.-Manoeuvring of the Pasha's Troops.-The Pasha's opinion of my projected Tour.-Resistance of the Pasha to my Voyage, and overcome by the Consul.-Departure from Tripoli to Ghadames.