COMMUNICATIONS. 
Of the drivers and fervants of the caravan, the cuftomary food 
confifts of the milk of the camel, with a few dates, together imhammed. 
with the meal of barley or of Indian corn, which is fometimes 
feafoned with oil, while the Merchant fuperadds, for his own 
ufe, the dried flefli of the camel, or of flieep, and concludes his 
repafl with coffee. 
Water is drawn from the wells in leather buckets, that form imiiammcj "; 
a part of the travelling equipage of the caravan, and is carried in 
the fkins of goats, through which, however, though tarred both 
.within and without, it is often exhaled by the heat of the noon- 
day fun» 
A particular mode of eafy conveyance is provided for the BenAiii. 
women and children, and for perfons oppreffed with infirmity 
or illnefs : fix or eight camels are yoked together in a row, and 
a number of tent poles are placed in parallel lines upon their 
backs : thefe are covered with carpets, and bags of corn are fu- 
peradded to bring the floor to a level, as well as to foften the 
harfhnefs of the camel's movement; other carpets are then 
fpread, and the traveller fits or lies down, v/ith as much con\-e- 
nience as if he refted on a couch. 
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