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within and without, v/ith a relinous fubftance, prevents but im- 
perfe£lly the dreaded evaporation of their water. 
From the Province of Hiatts tliey crofs the low mountains of 
Eyre, which feparate the Kingdom of Fezzan from the vail Em- 
pire of Cailina ; and leaving to their right the fmall river which 
flows from thefe hills, and is loft in the deep fands of a neigh- 
bouring defart, they enter a wide heath, uninhabited, but not 
deftitute of w^ater. The fixth day conduces them from this ex- 
tended folitude to the long defired refrefliments of the Town of 
Ganatt, where the two next days are devoted to repofe. 
F'rom thence, by a march of nineteen days, during fix of 
which they are immerfed in the heats of a thirfty defart, they 
pafs on to the Town of AfTouda, which offers them equal re- 
frefliments with Ganatt, and equally fufpends their journey. 
On leaving Affouda, they traverfe a delightful country, as 
fertile as it is numeroufly peopled ; and while the exhilarating 
fight of Indian corn and of frequent herds of cattle accompanies 
and chears their paffage, the eighth day introduces them to the 
large and populous City of Agadez, the capital of an extenfive 
province^ 
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