vi THEPREFACE. 



Calves^ and other youngCatthy that are tied up ^ every Night, 

 under the Eaves of their Tents, to prevent them from fuck- 

 mg their Dams, For the Cords that are ufed upon thefe Oc- 

 cafions, being only made ofloofe-fpm Tarn, the fretful Crea- 

 tures are every Moment breaking loofe, and trampling over us. 



When our Company was at any Time entertained in a 

 courteous Manner, {for the Arabs isoiU fometimes part 

 with nothing 'till it be extorted by Force) I ufed to give the 

 Mafier of the Tent a Knife, a Couple of Flints, or afmall 

 §l^antity ^Englifti Gunpowder', which, being much fir onger 

 than their own, they have in great Efteem, and keep for 

 the priming only of their Fire- Arms If the Lallah ( or 

 Lady) his fVife had been obliging alfo in her Way, by making 

 our Cufcafowe favoury and with Expedition, She would 

 return a thoufand Thanks for a Skean of Thread', a large 

 Needle \ or aPair of Sciffars', all of them great Rarities, 

 and very engaging Prefents with thefe People. 



During the excejfive Heats of the Summer, and efpecially 

 when we were apprehenfive oj being intercepted byfome Par- 

 ty offree-bootingAv^hs,we then travelled in theNight ;which 

 having" no Eyes, according to their Proverb, few of them 

 dare then venture out, as not knowing the Dangers and Am- 

 bufcades, they may poffibly fall into. It is at this Time we 

 have frequent Opportunities of calling to Remembrance the 

 Words of the Pfalmift, Pf 10^.2. Thou makefl: Dark- 

 nefs that it may be Night ; wherein all the Beafts of 

 the Foreft do move. The Lyons roaring after their 

 Prey ; the Leopards, Hysenas, and a Variety of other ra- 

 venous Creatures, calling to and anfwering each other, {the 

 different Sexes perhaps, by this Means, finding out andcor- 

 ref ponding with their Mates) break in very awfully upon the 

 Solitude, and Safety like wije, that we might promife to our- 

 felves, in travelling at this Seafon. 



Our Stages or Days 'Journeys were not always the fame. 

 For when any Danger was apprehended, we then travelled 

 through as many By-paths, as our Conductors were acquaint^ 

 ed with ; riding, in this Manner, without refting, fome- 

 times 



