ifQgj Pilgrimage across thr beseets. . 2S\ 
to hinder me ; I could only make myself 
ly by signs, and by pointing lo my mouth with 
"I'll 
M /continued pouring water over my face, arms, 
““d at last I was able to swallow small mouth- 
enabled me to ask, ‘ JFho are ym ?’ . When 
S h 
^ ‘^ard me speak, they expressed their joy, and an- 
‘ Fear nothing far from being robbers, we 
, u •^^'^<^rids' and every one mentioned Ins name. I 
re, deg--..,3 to recollect their faces, but was not able 
their names. They poured again ovei ine a 
quantity of water, gave me some to drink, 
’■'ti-y of my leather bags, and left me in haste, as 
tiJi.jji spent in this place was precious to tliem . and 
repaired. 
of 'thirst is perceived all of a sudden by an 
tonl‘’‘'‘^dy of the skin ; the eyes appear to be bloody, 
H a and mouth both inside and outside ate covered 
the thickness of a crown piece; this crust 
6 -'stcu y^-d^ow c.,j..,ur, of an insipid taste, and of a 
the. soft wax from a beehive. A faintness 
l** away the power to move ; a kind of knot 
ii'ttiiits ®rrd diaphragm, attended witli great pain, in- 
j-CyQg v. Lvxavaw* 1. 
.Nia sufferer drops down to the earth. 
®spiration. Some wandering tears escape from 
t] “ 
svm, moments loses all consciousness. 
I remarked in my unfortunate fellow 
^ gQj.’ '’.’rd which I ej^perienced myself. 
Those are 
'■ "'tdi difficulty oil my horse again, and we pro- 
etR oar journey. My Beduiiis and my faitliful 
on . 
%r "'ore; 
^ gone in difterent directions to find out some 
^'^tlstr^ 0 •^'•'fo hours afterwards they returned one after 
^ h'^.^'^y'ng along with them some good or bad water, 
5 j' Part of able to find it ; every one presented to 
C ^ dranv"'^‘Ot he had brought j 1 «'as obliged to taste it, 
tin '*''>Utli k times, but as soon as I swallowed it 
-kr tr, .nneame as dry as before ; at laet I w'as not able 
h: 
■fh^^Pit 
gtcaici 
or to speak. 
■St part of the soil of the desert consists of 
^onie small traces of a calcareous nature, 
Hoiip^'i'^^nce is covered with a bed of chalky calca- 
^ or a wliitish colour, smooth, round, and loose. 
