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ter that we got between the mountains, came at 6m 
o'clock over a small river, and established our camp at 
two o'clock on the right shore of the same river. 
The ground is of the same nature as we had found 
it yesterday. Vegetation was entirely dried up. I saw 
many fields read)* for harvest, and only one douar. 
The weather was rather cloudy. The thermometer 
in my tent at four in the evening stood at 26 7' Reau- 
mur.* 
Sunday, 2d June. We set off at seven in the morn- 
ing, following the direction of the valleys that took their 
course between the mountains of a middling height, 
having every moment some small rivers to cross: In 
this manner we marched till a quarter after four in the 
afternoon, when we planted our tents beneath Teza, a 
small town situated on a rock, which lies at the bottom 
of much higher mountains towards the S. W. The situa- 
tion of this town is charming, it is surrounded with an- 
cient walls, and the minaret of the mosque rises out of 
them like an obelisk . The rock is at some places very 
steep, and covered with fine orchards; its lower part is 
surrounded with gardens; at one side with a falling ri- 
ver, and at the other with several brooks forming cas- 
cades. A half decayed bridge increases the interest of 
the picture. Innumerable quantities of nightingales, 
turtle-doves, and other birds make this spot as agreeable 
as it is enchanting. 
The vallies covered with abundant crops, made me 
believe that the inhabitants were more industrious than 
those on the sea shore. 
The weather was bright and excessively hot. When 
we stopped, it became very cloudy, and we had hardly 
* 91° Fahrenheit. 
