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thick wall, built of a chalky flone, was ftill ftanding; this they 
iudoed to be the remains of a caftle fituated on the fide of the hill, 
lb as both to defend and command the city ; on the top of the 
hill, above the caftle, Hand the ruins of a fabrick, in appearance 
very ancient, built of a very hard ftone, yet exceedingly worn by 
the weather j it is of an oblong figure, pointing nearly to the 
K. E. and S. W. with only one door on the eaft end, which was 
once adorned with extraordinary good carvings, of which there 
are flill fome remains j but the greateft part is either wore away, 
or purpofely defaced ; and thofe marks of ancient beauty that re- 
main are obfcure and Icarcely difcernible ^ the outfide of the 
walls is beautified with pilafters quite round, whole pedeft.^ls and 
capitals are regular and handfome ^ but the roof is fallen down, 
and within appears nothing either great or beautiful. 
O^ober 2d, they departed from Efree^ about an hour and 
a half after midnight, and in fix hours and a half they arrived at 
two wells, 18 fathom and two foot deep, k:.nwn by the name of 
Imp Male ha Giubj thro* the greateft part of this /fage, they 
had a broad beaten way, and where that was not dilcernible, 
they direded themlelves, by a ridge of chalky hills, under 
which the wells lay^ the water was exceeding bad, and of 16 
noifome a fcent, that they could not endure it, lo much as at their 
nofes. In their way hither they were fliewu the true plant, 
which they burn for ibap-aflies, which has no leaves, bur a foft 
juicv ftalk, {hooting into feveral branches, and Ibmething relem- 
bling famphire, only it is rounder than that • the a/hes in burn- 
ing run into cakes, not much unlike the cinders of a forge, only 
they are heavier, and not lo full of pores, nor lb hard as they 
arc • in the afternoon they proceeded on their voyage two hours 
and a half, to a place called Almyrrha^ palling rather between, 
than over the hills 3 their journey hitherto had been altogether 
Ibutherly, and but a little varying to the eaftward of due Ibuth. 
OBober 5d, They fet out from Almyrrha between five and 
fix in the morning, making to the point of a high ridge of moun- 
tains, thro' an uneven delart way ; they came to the afcent in 
about four hours, which they found not difficult, and when they 
were on the top, they had an agreeable profpefl: of the country ; 
this mountain was covered on both fides with great plenty of tur* 
pi'ntinc trees, which was a very pleafing fight, having leen little 
green in their whole journey ; this tree grows very thick and iliady, 
and it yields a Ihnall round nut, of which oil is made 5 tho' Ibme 
cat them, and account them as great a regalio as pillaches 3 their 
outward huili is green, and more oily than that of piftaches, and 
within 
