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Gf the fourmy from Suez to Tor. 
BEing come to S^/^x, I had a great mind to go fee Mount Sifiai, called in Mount simL 
Arabick Dgekl Monfa, which is in Arabia the Stony, and for that purpofe JJf ffQ^Jt'-^f^' 
we fpoke to an Arab Scheic\, who commanded above ten thoufand Arabs ; we of^^vi,?^™ ^"^ 
had him before Haley Bey, the Bey of 5«f;;,, who recommended us to him, 
faying, that it was his pleafure we fliould be treated as his own head ; this 
5c tolfaidhe would anfwer for us, and gave us two Arab Scheihs for Guides j tothe%S" 
belides that, the Bey ordered a Letter to be written in our prefenge to the to anfwer for 
Governour of Tor y wherein he kindly recommended us to him, and gave us the the Traveller 
Letter. Thefe Arab Scheiks furniflied us with Camels , and we paid them 
t\NQ\MQAJlames for each Camel to carry us thither and back again ; they made 
us take fix, to wit, one for every one of us, even for our Moor Servant, and 
two for themfelves, and for carrying our Proviilons : We gave them befide 
fixteen Piafires for fome Caf aires which mull be paid to the ./^r^^j upon the 
Road, ÇCaffaire fignifies Money given for the Redemption of any thing, as Ci.'jf^w. 
what is paid to the Arabs in nature of Caf aire is, that one may not be robbed. ) 
More than that, we were obliged to give them their Diet 5, io that all they had 
to do, was to guide us and feed the Camels. We provided for their Diet 
thïQeSef tiers ('meafures) ofFiower, Butter, Honey, and twelve pound weight ^'mvifion for 
of ColFee, and ordinary Tobacco ^ and for ourfelves we took what we could two i'fteVfcf. 
get,for there is nothing to be found to eat in all thai Journey. We caufed Bread 
then and Bisket to be made for us of part of our Flower, and finding no Wine at 
Suez,j becaufe the Jew who us'd to fell it was gone to Damictte to buy fome, we 
took Brandy made of Dates, Meat ready drelt, and in fhort, all that we could 
get to ferve us till we came to Ter, where the Slaves of 5^?fz, affured us, we 
fhould find all things ^ but above all, we were fure not to forget fix Borrachios, 
which we fiHed with water, ; we carried no Tents with us, becaufe the Slaves 
told us, that if we travell'd. in fo much flate, the Arabs might fet upon us, 
thinking they fliould find great Booty ^ but we did very ill in omitting them, 
for we were in no danger, confidering how we were recommended, and having 
with us Arab Scheicks, who bore rule among them. 
All our Provifions being then in a readinefs, every one mounted his Camel The Journey 
as if we had been takeing Horfe, and parted from Snez. on Frid.ty the five and 
twentieth, of Jamary, about four of the Clock after noon, keeping along 
the fide of the Red-fea till v^Q came to the end of it, where we crofTed over 
dry to the other fide ^ there we faw a Bear about an hundred paces from 
us, but fo foon as it perceived .us, it took the \¥ater and iwam over to 
the other fide, fo that we foon loft fight of it ; we found roany more of 
them afterwards on our Journey. We travelled till eight a Clock at night, 
and then refted in a place where there was fome Broom ; for they never 
brought us to reft any where but in Places where they could find fome 
fewe], not only to warm them, but for boyling their Coffee and Mafrouca. 
This was the firfl time that ever I rode upon a Camel, and indeed, it 
made me very weary, for their Pack-faddles are fo broad that they are 
very uneafie to ones Legs , which mull llraddle very wide j the fatigue 
of this lafled with me about two days, but after that, I grew accuftomed 
to it. Camels are fo well known at prefent, that I think it would be fuper- camels, 
fluous to give a defcriptian of them. Î fhall only fay that there are two kinds 
of them, to wit, thofe which are called Camels , and thofe whom they 
name Dromedaries ; at leall I think they may be ranked under one kind ^ Droraedaries. 
for all the difference that is betwixt them is, that the Camels have one 
bunch of flefii upon their Backs, are great and high, go conftantly at one pace, 
which is faft, but hard, and travel (when they are loaded with feven or eight 
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