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at)Outs is ftor'd with Antelofes^ and there is a 

 barbarous fort of People there, that have 

 hardly any thing elfe to live upon, but what 

 of thefe they can kill ^ and Neceffity has 

 taught them to be no mean Artifts in their 

 way, for they lie down behind the Stones, 

 and as the pooi;^ harmlefs Creature pafTes^ 

 fhoot themi and though their Guns be very 

 ordinary, exceeding heavy and thick, with 

 Match-Locks , yet are they fuch excellent 

 Marks-men , that they kill many- That 

 Morning we had Travelled about five Hours 

 to reach Sheck Ailhah ; yet finding nothing to 

 invite our ftay there, (though there were four 

 or five Tombs there not ill made, according 

 to the TurkiJI) mode) about one a Clock we 

 mounted again, bending to the S. E. or fome- 

 thing more Eafterly. In our way we had 

 two remarkable Profpeds, one on the right 

 Hand, of the Ruins of an ancient City caird 

 Aadreen^ and fometimes Londrine^ which we 

 were told had been formerly inhabited by 

 Frankj-, and that there were many Infcrip- 

 tions there; but it was too far out of our 

 way, and withal fomething too dangerous 

 to, for us to take a view of thern : The other, 

 on the left Hand, was another Tree, not 

 far from which our Guide aflured us of good 

 Water, where we defigned to take up our 

 Lodging i the hopes of the Water made us 

 flight a Well we paft by on the Road, at 

 which afterwards we repented we had not 

 ftay'd ^, for when we came up with the Tree, 

 from which we had declined a great way ta 

 the right, we found our Water ftill at a very 

 great dijltance^ and were conftrained to take 



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