zeitin

Updated: July 31, 2024

In fact, the Arabs of Tripoli are nearly all located and confined to The Mountains. 14th. Afternoon, arrived at Zeitin, a small village. The palm is abundant as usual, and the gardens are full of olive and other Barbary fruit-trees. On encamping, I purchased some Leghma ‮لقمة‬ according to some philologists, "tears" of the palms, and others "foam," from the fermenting quality of the sap.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846