CHAPTER III.

FERTILE MOUNTAIN REGION RICH IN ANCIENT REMAINS 23

Wady Rán—Jebel Msíd—Singular Monuments—Structure Described—Conjectural Character—Other Ancient Ruins—Approach to Tarhóna—The Governor’s Encampment—Ruins near ʿAín Shershára—Kasr Dóga—Kasr Dawán—Jebel Msíd—Meselláta—Kasr Kerker—The Cinyps—Leptis—Khoms.