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ly dry, over ftones which the rain of the preceding night 

 had made very flippery. 



At half paft feven we came to the mouth of a narrow 

 valley, through which a ftream of water ran very fwiftly 

 over a bed of pebbles. It was the firfl clear water we had 

 feen fince we left Syria, and gave us then unfpeakable plea- 

 sure. It was in tafte excellent. The made of the tamarind- 

 tree, and the coolnefs of the air, invited us to reft on this 

 delightful fpot, though otherwife, perhaps, it was not ex- 

 actly conformable to the rules of prudence, as we faw feve- 

 ral huts and families of the Hazorta along the fide of the 

 ftream, with their flocks feeding on the branches of trees and 

 bullies, entirely neglectful of the grafs they were treading 

 under foot, 



The caper-tree here grows as high as the talleft Englifh 

 elm ; its flower is white, and its fruit, though not ripe, was 

 fully as large as an apricot. 



I went fome diftance to a fmall pool of water in order 

 to bathe, and took my firelock with me ; but none of the 

 favages ftirred from their huts, nor feemed to regard me 

 more than if I had lived among them all their lives, though 

 furely I was the mod extraordinary fight they had ever 

 feen ; whence I concluded that they are a people of fmall 

 talents or genius, having no curioiity. 



At two o'clock we continued our journey, among large 

 timber trees, till half paft three, along the fide of the rivulet, 

 when we loft it. At half paft four we pitched our ten at 

 Sadoon, by the fide of another ftream, as clear, as mallow, 



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