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US, without the least regard to our own comfort, to 
travel the greater part of the night ; so that I was 
unable to rectify and complete, in general, the obser- 
vations of the former expedition, the route of which, 
being entirely changed by the new astronomical data 
obtained by Mr. Yogel, would be liable to some little 
rectification throughout. 
Having rested during the hot hours of the day, we 
pursued our march about two o^clock in the after- 
noon, when, after a stretch of about two miles, we 
entered a fine hilly district, well adapted for pasture- 
grounds for camels and sheep, but untenanted in the 
present deserted state of the country. A mile and a 
half further on, we passed the well of Mul, which was 
at present dry, and then winding along the fine val- 
ley, were detained a long time by the loss of another 
camel. Having then encamped, after a march alto- 
gether of about ten miles, we started again, an hour 
after midnight, and after travelling nearly thirteen 
miles, reached the well of U'nghurutm, situated in a 
hollow surrounded with fine vegetation, and affording 
that most excellent fodder for camels, the " hdd 
besides which there was a great deal of " retem," or 
broom. 
Having spent the Sunday in U'nghurutin Monday, 
quietly, and indulging in some little repose, 
we started a little after midnight, and did not en- 
camp till after a march of about fifteen miles. It was 
interesting to observe, when the day began to dawn, 
that all along this region a considerable quantity of 
