at six o’clockrin the morning, below the freezing point, and the ground
partially covered with snow.
Sept. 16. Road to Chalu™. Continued on the plain; ffound three
springs forcing their way through the ground with violence, and
giving rise to a lake many miles in extent, stored with millions: bf
water-fowl and excellent fish. O f the first, saw the cyrus, solan
geese, many kinds of ducks, pintados, cranes, and gulls of .different
sorts. The Springs of this lake are in great reputation for the cur& of
most diseases. I examined the water, and found it contained a portion
of ahim with the selenitic earth. On the banks of the lake, I found a
crystallization, which proved to be an alkaline salt; it is used by the
natives for washing, and answers the purpose as well as pot-ash. The
pasture, which is impregnated with this salt, is greedily sought after
by sheep and goats, and proves excellent food for them. The hills are
chiefly composed of sand, incrusted by the inclemency of the weather
and violent winds, seeming, at first view, composed of free*
stone.
Sept. n . Road to Simadar*. Passed a lake still more considerable
than the former, with which-it communicates by a narrow stream,
about three miles long. There never was a more barren or unpromising
soil; little turf, grass, or vegetable of any sort, except near the
lake. Saw a few huts, mostly in ruins and deserted. The only grain
in this part of the country is barley, which they were cutting down
every where green.
Passed two springs, one of them slightly impregnated With alum.
* Chaloo. * Sumdta.
They form the principal’sóW(té*ö$pa' river, ^icltemptiesdtSelg’ffito. the
BurràtopdotéiVnekr T^islóbhafhbo'o,'" '
The wind from the eastward ;of south, was towM~e:Md&st ahdihos't
pièrcihg;/pëSSin|''bk)a'the*’ràôwy'mdàntMns^and’?d'i<y;rsa?iftly11d^ert
before described, it comes-divested of alltvaponS^ornSoistiiref and pfost
duceS the same effect, as- the hot-dry winds" mmôJ^^OSfheéï^ituôtîoto'sti
Mahogi% ? boxes kni fiMæitaïei »dimate
for years, were warped with considerable .fMsureS*, kndjirendered us*
fe^JiThd4iativbS;‘Sa|f®*<hTe0t exposure to these winds, occasions the:
afldî '
himself, to this cause; Wes escaped with loss? of the^ sfcia.rfroià. thei
greatest |
September 18. Road to Selu h .t N ear ofrr-rbad-'té-day found afhot*
Well, much frequented by people With venereal ’cotoplainbs, ifreU-
matism, and all cutaneous diseases, i Theydb hob’dèïMkt|h*Wïttó;5
use it as a bath. The thermometer,;when imtaersfed in theewater,-ros*
from ’40? w m Q : - i f has a'strong sulphuroüÿsmell,t and.con^ini a pór*1
tibhapf hepaï sulphuris. Exposure toîâir deprives it; likèmbsribfhër1
mineral wells, of muefeof its property,i'; i ;<
September-19. Road to~Takiiii*' Passed :somé heids ofrbarleyiatKÏ'
pease; and got- into a»milder climate.: Pound, : to-dayb#grbati varfotya
bf stpne and roefe some containing; copper, and others,'«-a kerypure *
rock-crystal, regularly crystallize# with sixüneqùalrsides. Therock*
crystal is of different sizes) atidi degrees of» purity, bufübfs one form;
Found some flint and granite, several ^sprihgs.-;of water* impregnated
- ï S- sTehtifeku. 3 F
y Shoohoo.