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ed compofed of peirified wood, fuch as we had fecn in the 

 mountains near CoiTeir. At a quarter pall eleven, going due" 

 N. we entered a narrow valley, in which we palTed two wells 

 on our left, and following the windings through this valley, 

 all of deep fand, we came to a large pool of excellent water,, 

 called Umgwat, flickered from the rays of the fun by a large 

 rock, which projecfled over it, the upper part of which was. 

 fhaped like a wedge, and was compofed all of green mar- 

 ble, without the fmallell variety or fpot of other colour; 

 in it. 



Through this whole valley, to-day, we had feen the bo- 

 dies of the Tucorory who had followed Mahomet Towafli^ 

 and been fcattered by the Bifliareen, and left to perifli with; 

 thirfl there. None of them, however, as far as we could* 

 obferve, had ever reached this well. In the water we found 

 a bird of the duck kind called Teal, or Widgeon. The Turk 

 Ifmael was preparing to flioot at it with his blunderbufs^ 

 but I defired him to refrain, being willing, by its flight, ta 

 endeavour to judge fomething of the nearnefs of the Nile. 

 We raifed it therefore by fudden repeated cries, which me- 

 thod was likely tomakeitfeek its home flTaight,.and abandon 

 3. place it mud have been a flranger to. The bird flew 

 ftraight wefl, rifnig as he flew, a fure proof his journey. 

 was a long one, till at laft, being very high and at a diflance, 

 he vaniflicd from oiu' fight, without defcending or feeking 

 to approach the earth ;. from which I drew a.n unpleafant 

 inference that we vv'cre yet far from the Nile, as was really 

 the cafe. 



HrRE we threw away the brackifli v/ater that remained 

 u\ our girbaS; and filled them with the wholefome elemens 



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