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grows very thick and ftiady, and feveral of 

 them we faw loaded with a vaft abundance of 

 fmall round Nut, the chief ufe whereof is to 

 make Oil, though feme eat them, and ac- 

 count them as great a Regalio as Piftaches ; 

 their outward Husk is green, and more Oily 

 than that of Piftaches, and within a very 

 thin Shell is contained a Kernel both in co- 

 lour and relifh very much refembling them ^ 

 but thofe that eat them, feldom take the 

 Pains to fearch for the Kernels, but eat 

 Husk and Shell all together, which have no 

 ungrateful Tafte : From this Hill we had a 

 tedious defcent, and coming at the foot into 

 a narrow Gut, winding this way and that 

 between the Mountains, our PalFage feemed 

 very long, hot and tirefome ^ our want of 

 Water however obliged us to proceed, where* 

 of we now began to be in great nece]rity,efpe- 

 cially for our Horfes and Mules, who had 

 none the Night before, nor none all that 

 Day ; with this we had hopes of being fuppli- 

 ed two different ways ; having had a fhower 

 of Rain the Night before, we hoped to have 

 found Water ftanding in the hollows of the 

 Rocks; but either the Rain had not reached 

 fo far, or not in fuch plenty as to fill thofe 

 naturally hewed Cifterns: Our other expeft- 

 ation was from the Wells that were in the 

 Road but thefe our Guide advancing be- 

 fore and examining, met us with the un- 

 welcome News, that they were all dried up, 

 and the beft Advice he could give us, was 

 to pitch where we were, and content our 

 felves with the remains of what we had 

 brought two Days in our VefTels, till our 



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