duel them. Thefe were albto he thrown aWay, with : other
not left! valuable papers, and, with my quadrant, telefeopes,
and time-keeper, abandoned to'the rude and ignorant hands
o f robbers, *o'r to be buried in the-fands, Every *memc*an~
dum, ¡every defcription, Iketch, or obfervation fincte I departed
from Badjourâ-and paflèd the d e ib r t :« ’êoflèir, till I
ieached the prefent fpot, were left in an undigefted heap,
with our carrion*camels, at SafBeha, while there remained
w ith me, in lieu o f all my memoranda, but this mou nful
Confideration, th a t! was now to maintain the ¡reality ,pf ¡thefe
m-y.tedious perils, with thofewho!either!did;*or mîghcisfi-
fe ftj from malicc and envy, to douht niy.Vciacitj’ u p on in f ¡p.
Je dtxit aXone, or abandon the reputation o f tbe-travels which
I-had made with fo mtich courage, labour, datiger, add difli-
■(.'11 ! tv, and which1 had been con iidercd as* deiperatê ai it I * im-
practicable to accompliili for morc llian hsoo ycarsl - oo
I w o u l d be underftood not to m c a n by this, thàt m ÿ
•thoughts ' were at fueh a time-ah' the leaft ' difturbed -with
any -reflection on the paltry lies that might he propagated
in malignant circles, which has eacliiits idol, imd \vlio, iTiect-
.. iug, as they fay, for the advancement o f learning, employ
themfelves in blafting the fame o f thofe who muft be allowed
to have furpaflèd them in every circumftance o f intrepidity,
¡forethought, and fair-atchieVément. The éërtfure
o f theft lion-faded and oh ick en- h car ! cd critics never entered
as an ingredient in m y borrows'On tlvat oecafion in the fad-
n eftiof my heart ; if 1 had. nor pofièffed a flrare of ipirit
enough to defpife theft,’' thé fmalleft ‘tfduHle tha t Occurred
in my travels mull have -overconie a mind-fo feebly armed.
Myforrqws were Of another kind, that (■ ihould,' o f course,
be deprived o f a confiderable part o f an offering I: iheant
3 - as
i t !a made df .fluty r toiimy: flovereign, that, with thofe that
knew 4p4iefleernefl;rne, I ihould be obliged to run in.debt
for the.credit o f a whalenarrative of cirCtnmilances, which
Ought/from ¡their importance to hifttory and geography, to-,
have a better .foundation thanithe mere memory o f any man,
epnfidering the time and variety o f events which they embraced
; and,: above’a ll, I may be allowed to fay,. I : felt for
my country, that chance alone, in this age o f difcovery, had
robbed her o f the faireft garland o f this kind Qie ever was
to wear, which all her fleets,, full o f heroes and men o f
fciettce; in all the oceans they might be deftined to explore,
Were incapable o f replacing upon her brow. Thefe fed re-
fleibions were mine, and confined ro myfelf. Luckily my
companions were no iharers in them ; they had already,
in their 'own fufferings, much more than their little flock
o f fortitude, philofophy, or education enabled them to?
bear.
A b o u t three o’clock in the afternoon o f the 27th we
faw two kites, or what are called Haddaya, very numerous
in Egypt; about a quarter o f an hour afterwards, another o f
the feme fort, known to be Carrion-birds, probably going in
fearch o f the dead1 camels. 1 could not conceal my joy a t
what I regarded as a happy omen.. We went .five hours
and a Half this day, and at night came to Waadi el Arab,
where are the tirft trees we had feen fince we left El H a i-
mer.
On the 28th, at h a lf pad feven in the morning we left
Waadi el Arab, and entered into a narrow defile, w ith rugged,
but not high mountains on each fide. About twelve-
©.’clock. we came to a few trees in. the bed o f a-torrent. Ill:
ass