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PLAIN OF TAEETA. 
CHAPTER IX. 
Plain of Taeeta — Fezzan Boundary — Fosilss — Tuarick Behaviour — 
Valley of Tabea — Observations — Fasting — Tuarick Habits — Scor- 
pions and Locusts — Visitors — Heat — Roads — Hot Wind — ^Pass of 
Abulaglilagh — the Palace of Demons — Wheat hid in the Desert — 
Land of Demons — Kasar Janoon — A dear Camel — Visit to the 
Kasar — Perilous Adventure of Dr. Barth. 
On the 8th we pursued our course over the mono- 
tonous undulating plain of Taeeta, to which we had 
descended. It was a little hotter,, because lower 
than yesterday; and the country is more parched, 
more arid, more desolate, than ever. No herbage 
for camels is found in these parts, and we had been 
compelled to carry some with us from Wady Hag- 
haneen, and to make up with dates, of which the 
camels ate voraciously as a treat. Beetles and 
lizards were the only living things we saw. 
Next day, the 9th, we rose before sunrise and 
made a good day of nine hours, still over the same 
