May 18th Left The Tent Before Dawn, And Proceeded Along A Wady And Then
N.W. Up An Ascent, Whose Summit We Reached In Two Hours.
From thence a
fine view opened upon a broad Wady called Sebaye [Arabic], and towards
the mountain of Tyh.
We crossed Wady Sebaye, and then ascended the
mountain which commands the convent on the south side, and descending
again, reached the convent at the end of three hours and a half. Our
march during the whole of this journey had been slow, except on the day
of our flight from the robbers; for our camels were weak and tired, and
one of us usually walked. There is a more northern road from Sherm to
the convent, which branches off from that by which we came, at Wady
Orta; it passes by the two watering places of Naszeb [Arabic], and Ara-
yne [Arabic]; the former, which is in a fruitful valley, where date-
trees grow, must not be confounded with the western Naszeb, already
mentioned.
Hamd, afraid of being liable to pay the fine of blood, if it should
become known that the robber had fallen by his hand, had
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[p.540] made us all give him our solemn promise not to mention any thing
of the affair. When I discharged him and Ayd at the convent, I made them
both some presents, which they had well deserved, particularly Hamd;
this he was so imprudent as to mention to his uncle Szaleh, who was so
vexed at not receiving a present, that he immediately divulged all the
circumstances of our rencounter.
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