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anchors, and other articles which he stood in need of, 
and had the ship calked. 
Friday, January 9th. 
We passed the tropic this day, and cast anchor at 
Algiar. 
I made some curious observations here', which are 
lost. 
The 10th, 11th, and 12th, we sailed during the 
day, and anchored during the night. The notes I took 
during these days were unfortunately mislaid. 
I began to feel a continued pain in the groin; and a 
considerable swelling took place, which made me think 
I had a rupture. It was no doubt occasioned by the 
effort I made in leaping over the heads of the people 
on the night of the storm. This chagrined me the more, 
as I feared I should be incapable to support any fa- 
tigue, or to mount on horseback, at the moment when 
I should require all my strength. 
As it was an accident I had never foreseen, I had 
not taken any notes of the way to cure this disease. I 
did not know what to do; but, guided by simple reason- 
ing, I applied bandages and pressure to it, and tried 
every thing to reduce the part, by lying down in the 
most favourable posture for my situation. 
On the last of these days we arrived at Arabok ? 
which is at the northern extremity of Beied el Haram, 
or Holy Land. The ship ran upon the sand purposely, 
to enable the pilgrims to perform the first duty of their 
pilgrimage, which is called Iaharmo. It consists in 
throwing themselves into the sea; in bathing, and 
making a general ablution with the water and sand; 
in saying a prayer whilst naked; in covering the body 
from the waist to the knees with a cloth without a seam, 
