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rides fafter, and then when he fees his Fowl almoft fpsnt, he puts on to a 
fpeed j and having taken and Killed it, he makes a hole in the Throat of it, 
and then having tied Hreight the neck under the hole, three or four of them 
take hold of it, and for feme time tofs and ftiake it from fide to fide, juft 
as one would rinfc and wafti a Barrel j when they think it is enough fnaken, 
they untie the Throat of it, and then a great deal of Mantegue or a kind of The Putter 
Butter conies running out at the holes, infomuch that they fay fome of them °[ J^Umegue 
will yield above twenty pound weight of that fluff j for by that fliakeing,^^'^ -^-^"^^^ 
all the flefh of the Creature is diffolved into Mxritegue^ nothing remaining 
but skin and Bones. This would have feemed fabulous to me, if feveral 
Barbary men had not affured me of it. They fay that this Mantegue is a 
very delicious food, but very apt to caufe a loofenefs. We travelled among 
thefe Hills till noon,when we refled in a place where there were a great many 
fair Trees. Near to that is a place where the Rain-water that fails from the 
Mountains is kept, (and that water is very good.) Here it was that the People 
of l[rael came out of the Red-Sea^ having p^.fled it over dry, to the ruine 
and confufion of Pharaoh and all his men, who purfued them, as may be feen 
in the Book of Exodns, where this place is called Shur^ Chap. 1 5 . It is at exoJ. Chap, 
prefent called Corondel. Not far from. thence there are hoc watersin a Grott, 15. 
which Ûït Arabs QdM Haman el Pharaon \ that is to fay PWW/s Bath. They '^'"''"'^''^ 
tell a thoufand fuories of it, amongfl others, that if you put four Eggs \^iq ^■^'^■^'^ oï Ph- 
il you can take out but three, and fo many as one puts in, there is always 
one fewer taken out again, and that the Devil keeps for hlmfelf^ we did 
not fee that place, for our Arabs would not take us to it, becaufe it was 
a little out of the way. They fay alfo that over againfl Coroiîdel the Sea is 
always Tempefliuous, about the place where Pharaoh and the ^gypia-ns were 
Drowned. We parted from thence at one of the clock, and continued 
travelling till feven, then we refled in a place where there are Trees 
alfo. 
Next day, being Monday the twenty eighth of January^ we fet out at four 
a Clock in the Morning, and having palled over feveral Hills, we came into 
good way again near to the Sea, but there is one place to be paffed over juft 
by the fide of it, being white and fmooh Rocks, where the Camels had much ^ 
ado to keep from Hiding, chiefly becaufe they are wet with the Sea-water, 
but that lafts not long: we refled at Noon, and half an hour after fét for- 
wards again, and towards the evening entred among Hills, where we travelled 
till fix a Clock that we refled in the hollow of a Rock, where we fpent the ' 
Night at that Stage, and we could find no v/ood, not to boyl fo much as •• 
our Coffee. 
Tuesday fhe twenty ninth of January^ we parted at five a clock in the Mor- 
ning, and entred into a plain, where we travelled till Noon, and then having 
refled a little, after one a Clock we marched on over the fame Plain, until 
fix a Clock at Night, and then refled. • 
Next day Wednefday the thirtieth of January, we parted at four a clock 
in the Morning, and four hours after arrived at Tor-, about an hour before 
we cjyne to Tor, we found a great many Palm-trees, and a well of very bad 
Water. 
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