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Saturday, 29th October, We could not continue our 
journey before ten in the morning; the wet clay ground 
made the mules stumble. i 
We passed several kitchen gardens; afterwards we 
crossed the river Luccos which flows to the south of Al- 
cassar, and not to the north, as it is marked on the maps. 
I have been told that this river runs into the sea at La- 
rash; if this be the case it must turn very much towards 
N. N. W. At the spot where we passed it near Alcas- 
sar, its direction was W. i N. W. and it contained there 
but little water; yet its inundations are said to cause ma - 
ny disasters. 
We continued our road in various directions till we 
halted in the evening. 
The ground was rather sandy, but the greatest part 
was clay, and covered with thistles, which being dry and 
very white, gave to the ground the appearance of snow. 
Some streaks of land were covered with chalky pebble. 
We saw to-day pass over our head in the direction of 
N. E. innumerable trains of birds, but their height pre- 
vented me from discovering their species. In one of 
these collections at least four thousand were ranged like 
an army going to battle. 
At three in the afternoon the thermometer in the open 
air was at 13° 6,* and the hygrometer at 85°. 
Sunday, 30th October, we proceeded to the river 
Sebon, which we passed in a bark in order to encamp 
on the left shore. 
This river is wide on the spot where we passed. I 
was told that it is formed by two large rivers; the Wer- 
ga, coming from the east, and the Sebou from the south. 
A smaller river called Ardat falls also into it. 
This river seemed to be about one hundred and eigh- 
ty feet wide; it was very deep, and its current rapid. 
60' Fahrenheit. 
