piece of another pot with a hole bored in i t : a large jar is then filled with bones and date stones, and its mouth is filled with a handful of the fibres of the palm. This is inverted on the perforated piece, and round it a strong fire of wood and camels’ dung is burnt, until the pit is full of red hot ashes,. The tar then filters into the lower pot, which is dug up when the upper one cools: it is immediately fit for use. Gerbas '.(or water-skins) are rubbed with this composition, which resembles coal tar in smell and appearance; and it is applied to the sores o f camels. I observed that every man- we met after leaving Gatrone was armed with the Harba, or long spear, and wore the dagger at his wrist. A t 4. 15. arrived, after traversing a plain literally covered with the tracks of hyasnas and jackals, at a few palms, and a well, called, Kasarawa. The unevenness of the road delayed the camel until 6. 15. We had travelled south 40° west, fourteen miles from Me- droosa. It was not necessary to pitch our tents, as we found some palm branches, which, formed a comfortable shade, in which, by the light of the full moon, we took our new year’s dinner of bazeen. There is a great deal of Deesa, a kind of light rush, growing here; and we collected, while our dinner was cooking, a quantity for our horses, I t requires much beating with a stick before these animals can eat it, This is the fodder which is always taken from Te-i gerry to feed the horses and camels, in Kaffles passing the Tibestv mountains. We were agreeably surprised by the Kaid’s producing a couple of fowls, which he had, unknown to me, gratuitously ¡procured at Medroosa, to make amends for the disappointment we had experienced in not purchasing the kid. As the Tibboo are not famed for respecting the goods of trayellers, we prepared all our arms, and having a large fire in front, of us, we lay; dejwnyery snugly in our Burnouses. ¡ Our fears werfe however,, groundless, nothing disturbing us but theiwild rats in their foraging expeditions. 08 . JA ' ; gcii January 2nd. Thermometer ¡1° 4(1, which was the lowest we had yet seen in i ’ezzan; vre were, however, taught to expect ice beforeithe winter should pass.; The ground we had gone Over since leaving Gatrone was a narrow stripe of three or four miles, and sometimeS)Only half a mile in breadth, bounded on either side by the desert, from which it was only distinguishable by being here and there able to produce a miserable dwarf thorn bush. Our camel had disappeared in the night, and we were all in confusion, searching for him in different directions, and doubting whether he had been stolen by the Tibboo, or had strayed on the desert, either of which events would have been equally unhappy for us. A severe attack of hemma prevented my joining the party which had gone out in search of the camel, and at two the driver returned with the animal. We learnt that he had tracked the fugitive back to Medroosa, in the gardens of which place he was wandering, probably to look for the Maherry, to which he was much attached. The skill of the Arabs is really extraordinary in tracking their animals over plains covered with the feet-marks of other camels and men. We soon set out, and from a rising ground observed that the desert was skirted by distant hills from north-east to south. Thermometer 25°. An old castle, called Gusser Hallem, bore south 50° west. At 3. 15. we passed it: our road was very uneven, the ground being covered with little hummocks bearing small bushes. My horse, which felt no compassion for my liver complaint, started
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