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vants, and slaves of the temple of the Prophet's sepul- 
chre, whom Saaoud had sent out of Arabia. 
0 Being arrived at the encampment, they ordered us 
to fill our pitchers with water from a fine spring, and 
we continued our march. 
Whilst we were getting the water, the servant who 
led my camel by the halter, was so distracted with 
fright, that he began to run, leading my camel, to put 
himself and me under the protection of the caravan of 
those belonging to the temple; but one of the Weh^ 
habites ran immediately after us, and forcing the halter 
out of his hand, struck him to the earth, and after 
having kicked him an hundred times, conducted me 
back to the caravan without saying a word to me. We 
passed by Ham a ra, a village thinly peopled, as well as 
Djideida, bat in a better situation, surrounded with 
gardens, and superb palm trees, in the middle of an 
extensive valley, and at a short distance from a fine 
spring, where we filled our pitchers. This spring is hot 9 
but it produces an abundance of excellent water. 
We left the road half an hour afterwards, when they 
made us alight among the mountains, where new dis- 
cussions arose concerning the payment of the contri- 
bution, which lasted till three in the afternoon. The 
Wehhabites examined our effects, and at length made 
each Turk pay twenty francs. They took a Hhaik and 
a sack of biscuit from the Mogrebins, and seized upon 
three Spanish piastres which I had forgotten in my 
writing desk, as also the benisch or caftan, belonging 
to my Hhazindar. They exacted fifteen francs from 
each camel driver. Mine refused to pay, and set out to 
speak to the Emir, from which moment I did not see 
him again. We were then informed of the positive or- 
der of Saaoud, which forbad any pilgrim to go to Me- 
