DHALAC. 
had not forgotten me, and that they expressed pleasure at '^tir ar- 
rival. Captain Court made an observation, and after the sun had set 
we took a short walk, and then laid ourselves down, well satisfied, 
on the humble couches prepared for us. Thermometer at Dhalac 
80° in the morning, 8 7 ° at noon. 
January 8. — After breakfast we set out with all our imple- 
ments of surveying, and, while the two Europeans were measuring 
a base from Sheik Abou-el-Heimen's tomb, made a circuit to the 
southward to examine the tanks. We found twelve, all nearly of 
the same construction, though some were much larger than others, 
and one was uncovered and square. Captain Court thought the 
largest would hold one hundred and fifty tons* They were cut out 
of the solid rock, and chunamed, but not lined with stone. Thence 
we went round to the eminence, which Captain Court had fixed 
upon for the other extreme of his base, at about a mile from the 
mausoleum. While he was engaged in taking bearings, I rode oflP 
to the poiht%hmee IJiad before seen the Antelope, but wandered 
about for a considerable time in vain, then mounted a tree, but with 
as little success; at length I got upon the top of a large upright 
istone, that stands, like a land-mark, in the middle of the plain, 
when I was gladdened with a sight of the Panther, which I kept 
steadily in view, retreating until I came into the line of the 
measured base, at about one mile from the stone. Captain Court 
took bearings from this spot, and a meridian altitude, with an arti- 
ficial horizon. We afterwards returned by the north mosque, and, 
on our way, examined three more of the cisterns, all silnirai* to 
those we had seen in the morning. 
. " We had fixed with the Dola to depart at noon, but it was 
