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1) Jen our p. 34. The Desart has not that dreary appearance
you would naturally snppose from its name,
for though there are no trees of any height,:yet the
Valleyfe and rising grounds frequently present a
variety of prospects.
2) 1. c. I. 234. Taylor. We travelled over a country
barren, rocky and uneven. Passed à difficult defile,
where'we found very bad footing for the camels...
The country is exceedingly barren, Being hard gravel
and small stones.
3) Jenour p. 34. It is in general covered with heath,
and a long-bearded grafs; and though great part
of the soil is sand, ; J , have every reason to think
those dismal accounts of its Burying whole caravans
are entirely fabulous, or at least greatly ex-
aggerated.
4) Pagès I. 306; et sq, p.
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. 1) 1. £92. The spring and autumn are temperate; hut
the summer, from the End of May, to September,
1 scarcely to be endured, and the winter from November
to April distressingly coH;. • and J may safely
say, that an idea of cold was never impressed
on my mind with sufficient force, till J felt the
freezing cold of Arabia deserfa. The ice attached,
itself to our whiskers; every pool was frozen over,
and it was not till twelve o’clock in the day, that
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of hours, to obtain a supply for our journey,
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2) Barrow’s Africa I. 106. 107. II. 331. Bruce N. E.
VI. 490. 497. 499*.
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