. The gateway to the Sahara; observations and experiences in Tripoli. t. Later, inscribed on the faded leaves ofan old album,* I ran across a record of thisinscription made over half a century ago. Itread: IMP . C^S . AVRELIO . ANTONIN . AVQ . .IMP. C/SS . L. AVRELIO . VERO. AMENIACO . AVQ .SER . — S. ORFITUS . PROCCOS . CVM . VTTEDIO .MARCELLO . LEG . SVG. DEDICAVIT . C . CALPVRNIVS .CELSVS . CVRATOR . MVNERIS . PVB . MVNEPARIVS .IIVIR . Q . Q . FLAMEN . PERPTWS. ARCV .MARMORE . SOLIDO . FECIT The arch appears low and heavy, which isnot surprising, considering that it is half buriedben
. The gateway to the Sahara; observations and experiences in Tripoli. t. Later, inscribed on the faded leaves ofan old album,* I ran across a record of thisinscription made over half a century ago. Itread: IMP . C^S . AVRELIO . ANTONIN . AVQ . .IMP. C/SS . L. AVRELIO . VERO. AMENIACO . AVQ .SER . — S. ORFITUS . PROCCOS . CVM . VTTEDIO .MARCELLO . LEG . SVG. DEDICAVIT . C . CALPVRNIVS .CELSVS . CVRATOR . MVNERIS . PVB . MVNEPARIVS .IIVIR . Q . Q . FLAMEN . PERPTWS. ARCV .MARMORE . SOLIDO . FECIT The arch appears low and heavy, which isnot surprising, considering that it is half buriedbeneath centuries of accumulated rubbish andwind-blown desert sand. Partly mortared up, itnow serves as a shop for a purveyor of driedfish, spices, and other wares. Once I entered itsinterior to outfit for a caravan journey; manyother times I visited it to admire in the dim light * Album in possession of M. A. Zolia, with dates about 1844. Itformerly belonged to Dr. Robert G. Dickson of Tripoli uncle ofMr. AKred Dickson, Acting British Consul in 1904, [14]. In the heart of Tripoh stands ... the Arcli of Marcus Aureh TRIPOLI IN BARBARY its beautiful sculptured ceiling and the weather-worn decorations of its exterior. Through these narrow, fascinating streets ofTripoli her thirty thousand inhabitants goto their tasks and pleasures. Between series ofarches, which serve the double purpose of re-en-forcing the walls and giving shade, awnings arestretched here and there. Under these and inlittle booths all the industries necessary to thesubsistence of the town are carried on. At every hand one seems to be enclosed by oneor two storied houses, whose bare walls with fewwindows and heavily made doors give little sug-gestion of the beauties of color and craftsman-ship those of the better class may contain. Oneither side of the streets, particularly in thebazaar quarter, are little hole-in-the-wall shops,as though their owners had burrowed into thewalls of the houses, and there, half hidde
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