42 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
the cool fhade of the large trees, invited by the pleafant 
breeze from the north, which feemed to be merely local, 
confined to this fmall grove, created probably by the vici- 
nity of the water, and the agitation we had occafioned 
in it. 
In this helplefs ftate to which we were reduced, I alone 
continued not weakened by the fimoom, nor overcome by 
fleep. A Ganjar Arab, who drove an afs laden with ialt, took 
this opportuniry of ftealing one of the mules, together with 
a lance and fhield belonging to one-of my fervants. The 
country was fo woody, and he had fo much advantage of 
us in point of time, and we were in fo weak and difcoura- 
ged a ftate, that it was thought in vain to purfue him one 
ftep. So he got off with his booty, unlefs he was intercept- 
ed by fome of thofe wild beafts, which he would find eve- 
rywhere in his way, whether he returned to Ras el Feel, 
or the frontiers of Kuara, his own country. 
Havine refrefhed ourfelves with a little fleep, the next 
thing was to fill our girbas, or fkins, with water. But be- 
fore we attempted this, I thought to try an experiment of 
mixing about twenty drops of {pirit of nitre in a horn of 
water about the fize of an ordinary tumbler. This I found 
greatly refrefhed me, though my headach ftill continued. 
It had a much better effet upon my fervants, to whom I 
gave it; for they all feemed immediately recovered, and 
their fpirits much more fo, from the reflection that they 
had with them a remedy they could truft to, if they fhould 
azain be fo unfortunate as to meet this poifonous wind or 
vapour, foe 
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