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the dry stem of a palm, to which the walls are 

 united. 



The vale of Farjas is described as a most ro- 

 mantic little spot ; a green and cultivated valley 

 not two hundred yards broad, closely shut in 

 between a range of high granite rocks, and a 

 narrow branch of the Nile ; and flourishing in 

 freshness and fertility, in the middle of the wild- 

 est waste. The simple inhabitants offered a 

 great many little civilities to Mr. W. and his 

 companions. 



She mentioned also two very curious passes 

 through the hills ; one called the {i Pass of the 

 Water's Mouth," near the entrance of which 

 are two immense stones, as regular as if formed 

 and placed there by art ; and the other a winding 

 pass amongst high rocks, that required an hour 

 and forty minutes to travel through it ; it is oddly 

 called u The Father of the Acacias," though 

 from beginning to end it contains not one symp- 

 tom of vegetation. 



But I can write no more now, for my aunt 

 has sent for me to walk with her, if I am so in- 

 clined and that indeed I am. 



I3th, Sunday.' The conversation, at break- 

 fast this morning, having turned on the history 

 of Moses, my aunt observed, that the entire 

 account of his life is told in the most plain and 

 artless manner, unmixed with any circumstances 



