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they fhot Antelopes, the Bullet being a hard 

 Stone broken round, and cafed with Lead ^ 

 they had on the Palms of their Hands, El- 

 bows, Knees and Feet, fome Antelope-Skia 

 tied, that they may be able to creep the bet- 

 ter on the Ground, to Shoot ; one of the 

 AfTes walking by as a Stalking-horfe, and 

 the Arab imitating the Cry of the Gazel till 

 he get within Shot : Thefe Arabs are called 

 Selebee. At the Well came to us Ibme Arabs 

 that were making Aflies of the ordinary fort 

 of Weeds calfd Chuddraife^ Ruggot and Cut^ 

 taff'^ thefe they cut and dry, and putting 

 them into a Pit, fet Fire to them, and the 

 Aflies cake at the bottom. The Aflies they 

 carry to EgUb and Tripoli^ to make Soap of : 

 But the befl fort of Aflies are made of the 

 Weed Shwo^^}Nhich grows about Tadmor^Souk- 

 ny^ Tibe and Tarecca it grows like Broom in 

 England^ and in Shape refembles Coral. 



"July 20. we rofe at four in the Morning, 

 and Travelling two Hours E. S. E. we arriv-- 

 ed at Andrene^ where we found the Ruins of 

 two or three Churches, and of a great Town 

 lying in a large Plain ; where having tar- 

 ried about an Hour and an half, and takea 

 fome fragments of Greek Infcriptions, which 

 afforded no certain Senfe, but yet were evident- 

 ly Chrifl:ian, we march'd again S. by E. and 

 in about four Hours time came to a plea^ 

 fant Aqueduct calFd SheckraUl^^ this Aque^ 

 dud is cut through the main Rock, for a 

 great w^ay from the Mountains \ and where 

 it ends, the Arabs have made a Garden^ 

 which afforded us Melons, Cucumbers, Rilrf- 

 lain, &c. In a Grott hard by, there dwelt 

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