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drawn from this pool of Umgwat. I could not help re-: 
proaching Idris with the inaccuracy of the information he 
had pretended to give us the day before, that no party a~ 
bove ten men could meet us at any of thefe wells, as none: 
of them could fupply water for more; whereas in this pool 
there ‘was certainly enough of excellent water to ferve a 
whole tribe -of Arabs fora month. He had little to fay, — 
further than that Haimer, though near, was a fcanty well} 
and perhaps we fhould not find water there atall. He truft- 
ed, however, if our people would take heart, we were out: 
of all danger from Arabs, or any thing elfe... 
Ara quarter paft three we left the well, and continued’: 
along a fandy valley, which is called Waadi Umgwat. This 
night. it was told. me that. Georgis, and the Turk Ifmael, 
were both fo ill, and fo defponding, that they had refolved 
to purfue the journey no farther, but fubmit to their deftiny, . 
as they called it, and flay behind’and die.’ It was with the 
utmoft difficulty I could get them to lay afide this refolus 
. tion, and the next morning I promifed they fhould ride 
by turns upon one of the. camels, a thing that none of 
us had yet attempted... They had, indeed, often defired me 
to do fo, but I well knew, if I had fet them -that example;. 
befides. deftroying the camels, it would have: had the very 
wortt effect upon their daftardly {pirits ; and, indeed, we 
very foon faw the bad effects of this humane confideration 
-for-the two invalids. 
On the 24th} at half paft- fix in the morning we left 
Umewat, following the windings of fandy valleys between 
ftony hills... At half paft nine we found Mahomet Aga’s 
horfe dead... The poor creature feemed, without a guide, to 
have 
