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of the distinction; by being at hunt, half the time, to find some 
neck of shelter from the clouds of dust and gravel, which, 
when the winds were really a-stir, usually entered in their train. 
But, one or two advantages these “ high places” certainly pos¬ 
sessed ; being less used, they are freer from dirt and vermin 
than the recesses below; and, as chambers appropriated to one 
class of persons, they are particularly sacred from intrusion. 
Hence, when the hour of repose is, what we should always 
wish it, fair and serene ; when stretched on our carpets, in one of 
these lofty balconies, open to the zephyrs around, and to the 
glowing heavens above, printed with stars ; nothing could be 
more still, more lovely, more addressive to the mind, and 
pregnant with the divinest lore ; reminding me, as I gazed, that 
we were approaching the land of Chaldea; on whose plains the 
Shepherds lay under the same genial sky, with their eyes fixed 
on the very same constellations ; and, from thence, gave the 
first lessons of astronomy to men. 
The village of Guz appears to be in an equally prosperous state 
with its caravansary ; com, barley, cotton, melons, water-melons, 
&c. &c., covering the country as far as our sight could reach. 
It is abundantly served with water; first, by a fine spring; and, 
secondly, from a variety of well-supplied kanaughts. Indeed, 
there is no source whence the crown draws its revenue so pro¬ 
ductively, as from that of these waters; for the advantage of which 
artificial channels, a certain sum is paid yearly to government. 
Great as that may be, it is short of what it might be, were the 
dispersion of these aqueducts better understood; and were the 
dues properly collected, the result would be double profit to 
the crown. But, in this country, (as it is sometimes even with 
ourselves,) there are a train of intermediate agents between 
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