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It seems to me that Libya is not to compare for goodness of soil with
either Asia or Europe, except the Cinyps region, which is named
after the river that waters it. This piece of land is equal to any
country in the world for cereal crops, and is in nothing like the rest
of Libya. For the soil here is black, and springs of water abound;
so that there is nothing to fear from drought; nor do heavy rains (and
it rains in that part of Libya) do any harm when they soak the
ground. The returns of the harvest come up to the measure which
prevails in Babylonia. The soil is likewise good in the country of
the Euesperites; for there the land brings forth in the best years a
hundred-fold. But the Cinyps region yields three hundred-fold.
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