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have followed exactly enough the tract of the wells and 
way to Egypt, and had furvived all his fellow-travellers. © Ae 
eleven o’clock we came to fome plains of loofe, moving fand, 
and faw fome pillars in motion, which had not wind to 
fuftain 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 paffed 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 confiderdbhe 
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 faltifh, though more abundant than 
either of the other two, which, by filling our dubs we 
had feveral times drained. : 
On the 25th, at half paft feven in the morning we left 
the well El 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, each 
camel having a fmall loading behind him. They had two 
gentle afcents before they could arrive at the place where we 
were. The 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 {kins were lying 
full of water. It was neceflary then to underftand one an- 
other before we allowed them to pafs between the fandy 
hills. Upon the firft alarm, my people all repaired to me, 
Bei i bringing 
