584 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
of indifference about life, were the immediate effects upon 
us; and I began now, feeing the condition of my camels, 
to fear we were all doomed to a fandy grave, and to con- 
template it with fome degree of refignation. At half paft 
eight in the evening we alighted in a fawdy flat, where theré 
was great ftore of bent grafs and trees which had a confi- 
derable degree of verdure, a circumftance much in favour 
of our camels. We determined to ftop here to give them an — 
opportunity of eating their fill where they could find it. 
On the 224, at fix o’clock we fet out from the fandy flat, 
and one of the Tucorory was feized witha phrenzy or mad- 
nefs. At firft I took it for a fit of the epilepfy, by the di- 
ftortions of his face, but it wasfoon feen to be of a more feri- 
ous nature. Whether he had been before afflicted with it 
Iknow not. Loffered to bleed him, which he refufed; nei- 
ther, though we gave him water, would he drink, but very 
moderately. Herolled upon the ground, and moaned, oft- — 
en repeating two or three words whieh I did not underftand. 
He refufed to continue his journey, or rife from whére he 
lay, fo that we were obliged to leave him to his fortune, 
We went this day very diligently, not remarkably flow nor 
faft; but though our camels, as we thought, had fared well 
for thefe two nights, another of them died about four 
o'clock this afternoon, when we came to Umarack. 
I pere began to provide for the worft. I faw the fate of 
our camels approaching, and that our men grew weak in 
proportion; our’bread, too, began to fail us, altho’ we had 
plenty of camels flefh in its ftead; our water, though in 
ali appearance we were to find it more frequently than in 
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