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difcovery of that celebrated fane, therefore, yet remahis to re- 
ward the toil of the adventurous, or to baffle the refearch of 
the inquifitive. It may ftill furvive the lapfe of ages, yet re- 
main unknown to the Arabs, who traverfe the wide expanfe 
of the dcfert ; but fuch a circumftance is fcarcely probable. It 
may be completely overwhelmed in the fand ; but this 
hardly within the compafs of belief. 
