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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward

Note 5 — Chapter VI

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Μετα δε την Συρτιν (the Lesser Syrtis is here meant,) Ζουχις εστι λιμνη σταδιων τετρακοσιων, στενον εχουσα εισπλουν, και παρ᾽ αυτην πολις ομωνυμος πορφυροβαφεια εχουσα και ταριχειας παντοδαπας·—(Lib. 17, § 18.)

D’Anville’s words are these—“Strabon parle d’un grand lac debouchant dans la Syrte, et ce lac forme une saline dont l’entrée est nommée la Succa.”—(Géog. Ancienne, tom. 3, p. 70.)

The circumstance of there being saltworks in the Mesurata lake, as well as in that of the Lesser Syrtis, will tend to strengthen the idea of their having been confounded.

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