146 TPvAVELS IIST 
with a feledion of the mofl curious and in^ 
ftrudive fpecies ? 
The eleventh of September I refumed my 
journev, hoping that Pinar would have ad-- 
vanced fo far before me^ that I fliould not ex- 
perience the misfortune of falling in with him 
again. Already the heat began to be fenfible ; 
the {kj was covered with clouds ; we frequently 
heard loud claps of thunder ; in fliort, every 
thing announced the approach of heavy ftorms, 
yet not a fingle drop of water feiU This ex- 
treme drought rendered me very uneafy : I 
was apprehenfive that I fliould every where 
find the rivers dried up, and had no hope but 
from the natural bafins and refervoirs to which 
chance might guide my fieps. 
After two hours journeying we came to one 
formed by a vaft flat rock. My dogs had 
fcented it, but it was poifoned with euphorbia, 
and 1 tven found at a little diftance the flices 
of the plant that had been ufed, and which 
were now grown dry. On my arrival at it I 
found my pack bathing themfelves ; and two 
of the dogs had alfo drank of the water, and 
were lying on the brink of the refervoir in 
dread- 
