CHAP. II. 
JOURNEY TO MORZOUK. 
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The westward was an uneven yellow range, distant five or six miles. 
At 10. 5. A. M. we passed the west point of Guatela, our road 
lying close under the foot of the mountains. At 11 A. M. we 
turned to the southward and eastward. At 1. 15. P. M. passed a 
conical hill standing apart from the neighbouring mountains, and 
resembling a tent, called El Khayma, <u>iiJ!. At 5 P. M. en- 
tered a pass called Hormut Tuzzet, iLvJSsc:jyo;*- At 6 cleared the 
pass, and opened^i^ a plain ; table mountains bearing south-east, 
called Matta Imliammed, a!4^1<u* At 6. 30. encamped : one of 
our camels died this day, and three others were, from fatigue, 
unable to come up ; indeed all the camels in the Kaffle were much 
distressed, not having for several days tasted any kind of food, and 
our marches were in general long. 
April 9th. — At 6. 15. A. M. started over a flat, which had no 
break to the view, except very distant mountains. Two hours and 
a half from the time of our setting off there is a solitary tree, 
which is considered as one day's journey from water. Slaves, in 
coming from this water, are not allowed to drink until they reach 
the tree in question, which is one of the longest stages in the jour- 
ney from Fezzan. The distant mountains had the appellation of 
Khod el Khadem, j^jUi^Ia:^ (or "take the negress.") The plain was 
called El Grarat Arab Hoon, ^^s-L_jy:c:.>j|^iJl At 7 P. M. we entered 
a pass called Hormut taad atar, jjU:^LZjyj^ And after passing 
through a winding wadey, closely hemmed in by the mountains, at 
9 we stopped near a well of very brackish, stinking water, situated 
in a small plain, which here opens out in a circular form. Still no 
fodder for our camels. A man joined us with some stewed meat 
for the Sultan, and a load of water, from Sockna ; and we procured 
a bowl of the latter, wliich afforded us no small treat. The well 
here, in hot seasons, is dry, and even at this period was very 
