1 HOTRODUCnON.
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3 eoiild voiide m «o dismal a wUderne^' and of lunar at the life to
4 iriudi they seemed to be mndemned
5 On the 21st, we marched at daj-breftk, and for the Qitf, tenor
6 twelve miles were in sand as above described, after which we reached
7 the !\ard plain. No sooTier were we clear ot" the snnd-hills, than our
8 camels movoi up into a line of twelve or fifteen al)reast, and the
9 whole of our caravan begun to move with tolerable speed. The con-
10 trast beivviM?n this and the sand-hills was very exhilarating, though*
11 even those had not been unpleasing, while they had nuvelty to re-
12 oommend them% In the course of the day we were overtaken by a
13 ■tdgectof Btlkumvii XhaunB, irfioliad kMt liiM way fai traddng some
14 Gamda cmied <tf in . an .eiaitriaii ojT die Baigpoots, had eihamitcitf
15 bis akin of water,' and had tasted no food Ibr two days. We fed
16 and put Imn on a eameL Bdbve dad^ we met a party of one lno^
17 dredand fifty toildien on donda* betonging to Bahawnl Khiun, the
18 cbief of one of the king of Gaiilml's eaatam proriiMies. ' Hiere were
19 two men on each camel* and each had a long and'gUttering match-'
20 lock. They advnnoed and saluted in three or fear, very good lines,
21 llwir camels seemed as manageable as horses, and their ^pearanoe
22 was altogether novel and striking; their commander had a long
23 beard, and was dressed in a Persian tunic of buff broad cloth, with
24 gold butttnis, and a low cap like the crown of a hat. He was
25 mountetl on an excellent, light, speetly, and easy camel, with a very
26 showy saddle and two reins, one passing through a hole in each nos-
27 toil of the camel. His language was scarcely intelligible to any of
28 our party. He brought us one hundred caiwels, carrying four hun-
29 dred skins of water from Moujghur. He had fdso fbnr brazen jam of
30 water from the Hyphasis, whidi was intended' fi»r oar own diinking,
31 and was aesled up widi the Khaon's signet We soon after en-
32 camped in the midst of the desait, sboat twenty^wz nules flom
33 PoogguL We enjoyed the water of the Hyphasis extremely, and
34 were all ddig^itfed widi the new people we wore gettmg among, and
35 the new scenes we were appioacliing.