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 Quicksands
    found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On
    the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to
    sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of
    these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca,
    and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west.