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have followed exa(flly enough the tracft of the wells and 

 way to Egypt, and had furvived all his fellow-travellers. At 

 eleven o'clock we came to fome plains of loofe, moving fand, 

 and faw fome pillars in motion, which had not wind to 

 fnftain them for any time, and which gave us, therefore,' 

 little concern. At one we alighted near the well Mour, 

 which was to the N. E. of us. At four we left the well Mour : 

 At forty minutes after four pafled the well itfelf, which was 

 then dry ; and at a quarter paft fix we found a dead man, 

 whofe corpfe was quite dry, and had been fo a confiderable 

 time. At feven o'clock in the evening we alighted at El 

 Haimer, where are the two wells in a large plain of fand. 

 The water is good. There is another well to the weft of 

 us, but it is bitter and faltifli, though more abundant than 

 either of the other two, which, by filling our Ikins, we 

 had feveral times drained. 



On the 25th, at half paft feven in the morning we left 

 the well hi Haimer, and at ten o'clock alighted among 

 fome acacia-trees, our camels having ate nothing all night, 

 except the dry bitter roots of that drug, the fenna. While 

 we were attending the camels, and refting ourfelves on the 

 grafs, we were furprifed at the appearance of a troop of 

 Arabs all upon camels, who looked like a caravan, ea h 

 camel having a fmall loading behind him. They had two 

 gentle afcents before they could arrive at the place where we 

 were. 1 he road is between two fandy hills, at the back of 

 which our camels were feeding in a wood ; and near the 

 road was the well El Haimer, where our fkins were lying 

 full of water, it was neceilary then to underftand one an- 

 other before we allowed them to pals between the fandy 

 hills. Upon the firil alarm, my people all repaired to me, 

 3 bringing 



