H t f f f I kSi m preparation of leather, as well as in dying black. It is frequently employed from its healing qualities. January 1st, 1820. Thermometer 5°. Our new year’s morning was beautiful, and we felt quite refreshed, and free from pain. On Striking our tent we found in the top about two quarts of flies, which had taken refuge from the cold, and were quite torpid, and which we buried. A t 8.15. we left with much regret this delightful spot, and I gave the young man a knife and some beads. We rode over a plain, and at 10. 15. arrived at Medroosa, Uyj*., a small neat village, having come south-west by south six miles. We found a large bowl of lackbi awaiting us, and I afterwards discovered that the Kaid had sent overnight to order it. We took from hence a supply of dates for our horses, and endeavoured to buy a k id ; but the price of it being two dollars, and its size not exceeding that of a small cat, I was unwillingly compelled to relinquish it. A t 11. 25. the camel passed; we mounted and followed it to a well outside tlie town, where we watered our horses. Near this well are some holes for making tar, according to the manner of the Tibboo, which is thus: a pot is buried deep in the ground with the mouth upwards, which is covered by a h h 2
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