"2 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER . 
ly dry, over ftones which the rain of the BREESE nighe 
had made very flippery. » 
Ar half ‘pat feven we came to the mouth of a narrow 
valley, through which a ftream of water ran very fwiftly 
over a bed of pebbles. It was the firft clear water we had 
feen fince we left Syria, and gave us then unfpeakable plea- 
fure. It was in tafte excellent. The fhade of the tamarind- 
tree, and the coolnefs of the air, invited us to reft on’ this 
delightful {pot, though otherwife, perhaps, it was not ex- 
actly conformable to the rules of prudence, as we faw feve- 
ral huts and families of the Hazorta along the fide of the 
ftream, with their flocks feeding on the branches of trees and 
bufhes, entirely neglectful of the rae they were pra 
under ‘foot. 
Tue caper-tree here grows as high as the talleft Englith 
elm; its flower is white, and its fruit, though not TIDE, wakg. 
Fully as large as an apricot. 6 loins 
I went fome ae to a {mall pool of water in order 
to bathe, and took my firelock with me; but none of the 
favages flirred from their huts, nor feemed to regard me 
more than if I had lived among them all their lives, though 
furely I was the moft extraordinary fight they had ever 
feen ; whence.I concluded that they are a people of {mall 
talents or genius, having no curiofity. 
. Ar two.o’clock we continued our journey, among large 
timber trees, till half paft three, along the fide of the rivulet, 
when we loft it. At half paft four we pitched our tent at 
Sadoon, by the fide of another ftream, as clear, as fhallow, 
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