inches radius; round ¿ay i neck,’i by a lace, and ‘ refting ¡in
jh y .pocketfiiilTtk’nla.-fotind that we had;fcept*jtaIA®e,dire<31y
uporiSyene; which'tbe AbabdrArab hadfliejwidus.-
' O n the 261b, as half, after fix in the mortd&g Mb fer out
from 'Abdu Ferege,coaBtiflUing nearly in the fame! direftion
upon Syenle till eldvcrt • ¿ ’clock; when, for the pitrpofe -of
obfervation only, I alighted at a place ¡called Afaou ! Here-
g i, without water, grafs, or food fo r our camels, W.e were
exceedingly averfe to exertions, and became fo .weak and
ipiritlefs, that it was not poffibleito prevail upon qur! people
to fake the large quadrant out o f its; cheft to put i f together;
and prepare it for;obfervation, I therefore, took it Hadley’s
quadrant, with a mixture I had made; which ¡feryed me beti
ter than quick-filvcr, and made m y obfervation ¡by reflection
at Abohi Heregii, and found it in fa t. 33^, from ,Which I in fe r,
red, with fome degree o f comfort to myfelfpthat the lon g i.
tude o f Syerie in the French maps is illla id i down, and that
we were now in the direftion upon Syene, had no welling
to run down, but the journey m ull finifli in a very few days.
A t two o’clock in the afternoon we left Abou I leregi,
and at four had an unexpected entertainment, which filled
pur hearts with a very fhort-livcd joy. v,The whale plain
before us feemed thick-covered with green grafs !andyeJU
low dailies.. We advanced to the place with as much fpeed
as our lame condition w ould fuffer us, but how terrible’was
our difappointment, when, we found the whole o f that verdure
to confill in fenna and codoquintida, the molt.naufeous
Of plants, and the moll incapable o f being fubilituted as food
fo r man or beaft. At nine o’clock in the evening we alighted
at Saffieha, which is a ridge o f craggy mountains to the
S..E..
S;:E. , and: :Ni.iiW. The night ¡here was immoderately cold,
and the wind ¡north.- We were now very near a ¡crifis, one
way or the other. ¡Our bread was confirmed, fo that we had
not fufficient for one day more; and though.we had camels
flelh, yet, by living fo long on bread and water, an invincible
repugnance ¡arofe! either ito fmelLbr tafte i t . . As our
caftiels were at their laft igafp,. we had taken fo fparingly
o f water, that; when we came- to divide it, we fbund it in-
fufficient for our neceflities, i f Syene was even fonear as we
conceived ¡itrto be. , a. $u i>ln • bni i i i 1 i
. *s Georgis toad ¡loft one;eyej and was nearly, blind, in the
other. Ifinael and he had both become fo ilif f by being
carried,! that they<Could not,bear to., fez their feet to the
ground; and'I m ay fay fo r myfelf, that, though I had lup-
ported the wounds in my feet with a patience .very uncommon,
yet they were arrived ao ihar height as to be perfectly,
inuderahle,-, ¡and, as I. apprehended, on the point o f mortification.
The bandage, which the Biflxareen had tied a-
;bout the hollow o f m y 1 foot, I was now almoll hidden by
the flefh fwelling over it. Three large wounds oh the
right , foot, and two on the left, continued open, whence a
quantity o f lymph oozed continually! It was, alfo with
the utmbft difficulty we could ¡get ¡out . the rag, by cutting
i t to ffireds with fciflars, T h e ¡talefis. bath ¡iinpleafant and
irkfome. Two.foies which remained from our fandals, the
upper leathers o f which ¡had gone to: pieces in the fand
near Gooz; were tied with a cottop; ¡cloth very - ¡adroitly
by the Bilhareen. But it feemed impoffifele that 0 could w alk
further^ even ¡with this affiflance, andntherefoce we determined
to throw away the quadrant; telescopes, and timekeeper,
and faye out lives,. by: riding the ¡camels al ternately.
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