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ney. The Road we found much like what wc 

 had the Day before^ lying over a bai'ren 

 Plain ; only we had Hills on both fides^ and 

 fbmetimes clofing within half an Hours rid- 

 ing one of the othen The Village has its 

 Name from the Hot Waters, (for fo the 

 Word imports,) which are of the fame Na- 

 ture with thofe of Tadmor \ herein they Bath 

 frequently, the fame little dirty Hole ferv-^ 

 ing both for Men and Women 5 only they 

 have fo much Modefty remaining, that they 

 have different Hours for one and the other^ 

 To fay the Truth, 'twas the only mark of 

 Modefty I could obferve among them ; in 

 other refpeds they feemed a Confident, or 

 rather Impudent Generation of People. Be- | 

 fore we could pitch our Tents^ they flock'd ^ 

 about us in multitudes, Men, Women, and 

 Children ^ and of the laft, many of them as 

 naked as ever they came into the World, not 

 fo much as a Rag about them to cover them 

 and fo numerous they appeared, that if we 

 had reafon to think Tarecca wanted Inhabi- 

 tants, we had no lefs, to conclude Soukpey 

 over-Itock'd. At this Place ufually refides an 

 Officer of Ajfyneh^ who is their Sub-Baiha^ 

 or Governor : He whom we found there, was 

 caird JDor^ of a good Family among the 

 Arahs^ to whom we made a Prefent and he 

 civilly returned it in Barley for our Horfes.- 

 Afterwards he came under our Tents, and 

 invited us to an Entertainment which^ con-- 

 fidering the Circumftances of the Place, was 

 very Splendid, though it was nothing but 

 TiUw at Lift, a little diverfify'd by the dref-* 

 iing -J and. to fpeak truly. I judge vvt could 



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