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the day very comfortably, if a strong gale had not 
arisen about noon, and filled my tent with dust 
and sand. The sky was overcast ; but there was no 
rain. 
A little after sunset, when the busy scene at the 
well had subsided, I measured the temperature of the 
water, and found it to be 86°*4 Fahr., which, if we 
consider it as nearly the mean temperature of the 
country, would give a very high standard for Ba- 
glrmi. The well was fifteen fathoms deep, the pre- 
sent temperature of the air being then 86°; at one 
o'clock p. m. it had been 99°*7. 
Having passed rather an unpleasant 
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night, the ground swarming with black 
ants (termes mordax), so that my camel, as well as 
my horse, moved restlessly about and disturbed our 
own slumber frequently, I set out early in the morning 
with confidence on my journey westward. Forest 
and cultivated ground alternately succeeded each 
other, the cultivation consisting, besides millet, of 
cotton and sesamum. Women were collecting the 
leaves of the hajilfj, from which, in the absence of 
the more esteemed leaves of the monkey-bread tree, 
to prepare the tasteless sauce used for their daily 
pudding. The hajilij was the most predominant tree ; 
besides it there was the tree called homam by the 
Shiiwa, which was at present leafless, but was covered 
with fruit about the size of an apricot, which, when 
ripe, is eaten by the natives. The tsada also, with 
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