^ ^'"t’RRIMAGE ACROSS THE DESERTS. 24Q 
lilt almost white, and commonly of a con- 
C ^ fln' ^ burning glass j slight breezes, scorching 
Such is a faithful picture of this district, 
tv, 
We were passing. 
•< 1 1 1" ^tis desert is looked upon as 
l^,‘’'5seh' , discovered about noon a man in arms, 
tin' tspt at a certain distance, my thirteen 
t tE'oi’aent they perceived him, darted like 
' ?'’®'"take him, uttering loud cries, which they 
“y expressions of contempt and derision j as, 
V"'’ ‘”'y l>Tother P’ ‘ IVhere are you 
k-f' r A*’ they made these exclamations they 
"‘th their guns over their heads. The disco- 
V^tioyji^tt'n profited of his advtintage, and fled into 
, ttiivf ^'tis, where it was impossible to follow him. 
^ neillier eaten nor drank since the prcce- 
'bv!i ! ‘l!ou',]i'i'' torses and other beasts were equally dcs- 
V'^ '"gr> • '■'fr since nine in the evening we had been 
rB„j^.c'dly. Shortly after noon we had not a drop of 
\,''’tiin "'S’ Jtttd the men, as well as the poor animals, 
tvn fatigue. The mules, stumbling every 
W*'''"' hn^'i'""^ assistance to lift them up again, and to sup- 
the p.'.i' " *■''1 *1’*-')' t'ose. This terrible exertion ex- 
k|f “^t 'j strength we had left. 
''fii ^ttl a, -1' ‘ifock i;i the afternoon a man dropped down 
''vt J 'h'e Qf „“®tid, from gre.at fatigue and thirst. I stopt 
''I'lo^ “ttr of my jteople to assist him. The little 
Out of the leathern budgets, was 
b, and some drops of evater poured into 
but without any etfoct. I now felt 
was beginning to forsake me ; and 
tlv ''’?tik, I determined to mount on horseback, 
^ bchhid. From this moment others 
v'"'<l,)^''*^bity brop successively, and there was 
5.V to tk* .Sb’ing them any assistance ; they were 
1 . kp.^'aviug, beh- nnlnippy destiny, as every one thought 
3ih,j''b huipj Several mules with their burdens 
’hh '''* tli,> I found on my way two of my 
grour 
Miich 
without knowing what was become 
had been carrying them, the drivers 
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