CHAPTER VIII.

EMBARKATION OF THE STATUES ON BOARD THE _ASSURANCE_.

Examination of the country between Cyrene and the coast — Arrival of H.M.S. _Assurance_ — Obliged to anchor off Ras El Hilal, on account of the weather — The next day steams to Marsa Sousah, and disembarks the waggons and stores — Several camels collected to take the stores up to Cyrene — Trouble with the Arabs before they start — The waggons are obliged to be taken to pieces, and carried up the Augubah on men’s shoulders — Difficulties of taking the waggons across the country and the descent of the Augubah — They are successively taken to the beach, embarked on board the _Assurance_, and the vessel leaves for Malta. — _Page_ 44.