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feen therein-, except it were a few Gourds 

 which our Servants found on the fide of a 

 little rifing-Ground, where there was no 

 fhew of any thing moill: to feed them. Our 

 Way being plain, we had the fight of Tad-- 

 mor^ efpecially the Gaftle, for above half our 

 Stage, till we came to an old Caphar Houfe, 

 We made indeed a very fliort Days Journey, 

 in the whole, finding a Fountain of excel- 

 lent Water in about five Hours and a half's 

 Riding which, as it was a mofb welcom 

 Refrefliment to us in fuch a thirfty Defart, 

 fo it was the only good Water we met with 

 till we came to Euphrates^ which was not till 

 the third Day from this Place. At this Foun- 

 tain we pitch'd, near to which is a Village, 

 but almoft wholly ruined and deferted. 'Twas 

 Ibme time before any Body would be feen, 

 for they were afraid of us; at length, three 

 Men came out to our Tents, Speftacles of a 

 miferable Poverty, occafion'd by their being 

 frequently pillaged by the Mountain j4rabs^ 

 and a great Duty they pay to u4Jfyne Abajfe 

 their King, for his Protection : Three hun* 

 dred Dollars they pay him Anually, whea 

 one would think the whole Village was not 

 able to make up the Sum of one Hundred ; 

 yet being the remoteit Place that was un- 

 der his Jurifdidion, they often fuffer by the 

 Inroads of the other. The Name of the 

 Place is Tarecca^ a Name it received (as 

 we were informed) from a Victory obtain- 

 ed there by the Turks over the Mamalukes, 



0£lobert\\Q 9th. From Tarecca we mounted 

 early, and Travelling N. E. or near that 

 Point, ia fevea Hours time. arrived u Souk^ 



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