British Weekly Mercury in London, Middlesex

Fragments from Tripoly Travel Notes on Baths and Beasts

The writer describes foreign sights from Tripoly including ash and bones, lamps, mummies from Arabia, and a gate visit. He details the famed baths with a sunken dome, hot waters, and echoes, then notes Libida and Bengize, and marvels at local animals, including lions and ostriches, plus a strange sea creature called Requiem.