1 m l ' I !" ‘ ! 1 1 M i E D EI » I » 1 1 —\l!9 % \M o c i f y J wm /?Jv . « - BM || s i p © .ian» V c * mI ,->, />■ * M g M ■ I H i Q R H ! v C L L. V v I ■ v j r l ¡ H H fj //> K ■ I S S ^7 ^ XU\ mKx , . . l i / = i self separated, as I wished to return by Ghirza, while he was rather desirous of keeping the old road by Bonjera. A continuation of wadeys furnished us at this time of the year with food for camels and horses; and, close under low hills of magnesian limestone, at Jernaam, we filled our water-skins for five days’ march. Jan. 11.—A cold morning, with the thermometer at 42°, delayed us till nine o’clock before we could make a start. We passed two wadeys before coming to that where we were to halt: near one of these, called Gidud, were heaps of stones, denoting the resting- place of two Arabs, who had died in a skirmish, about two months before, and some characters, which to me were hieroglyphics, were marked out distinctly in the gravel near their graves; and upon inquiry, I found they told the tale of death, and the tribes to which they belonged. At sunset we halted at Bidud. Nothing particular, till our arrival at Ghirza on the 13th. We found here the remains of some buildings, said to be Roman, situated about three miles west-south-west of the well, and which appeared to me extremely interesting: there must have been several towns, or probably one large city, which extended over some miles of country, and the remains of four large buildings, which appear to have been monuments or mausoleums, though two of them are nearly razed to the earth. Those which 1 thought interesting and capable of representation, I sketched: the architecture was rude, though various: capitals, shafts, cornices, and entablatures, lay scattered about; some of curious, if not admirable, workmanship. r it
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