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worft-, fo we difmounted twenty of our 

 Servants, each having a long Gun, and Pi- 

 ftols at his Girdle, and placed them abreaffc 

 before us : we following at a little diftance 

 behind, on Horfe-back, with Carbines and 

 Piftols* In this order we proceeded, and 

 came to a molt ftately AqueduEt^ which runs 

 under Ground in a direft paflage five Miles^ 

 and is covered with an Arch of Baftard Mar- 

 ble all the Way, and a Path on both lides . 

 the Channel for two Perfons to walk abreaft ; 

 the Channel it felf being about an 

 Yard in breadth, and :| of a Yard in depth. 

 At 20 Yards diftance all the way are Venti- 

 dufts for the Air to pafs, and the holes are 

 furrounded with fmall Mounts of Earth tp 

 keep the Sand and Duft from falling down* 

 We marched clofe by thefe Mounts, which 

 might ferve us for Defence, expeSing every 

 moment that the Arabs would come to Af- 

 fail us , having the difadvantage of Sun 

 and Wind in our Faces : wherefore we Tra- 

 veled hard to gain an Eminence where we 

 might Poft our felves adva^itagioufly, and 

 ftop and repofe a little, to confider what we 

 had to do. The Arahs finding us to come 

 on with this Order and Refolution, thought 

 not fit to adventure on us, fo we gained the 

 Hill, from whence we might dilcern thefe 

 vaft and noble Ruins, having a Plain like a 

 Sea for great nefs to the Southwards of it. 

 Here having refrefh'd our Men, we fetched a 

 little Compafs and defcended by the foot of 

 a Mountain, on which Rands a great Caftle, 

 but uninhabited. Here two Arabs came tp 

 us with Lances, one being Chiah to Mdkam^ 



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