We Rode For One Hour From Feiran, And Then Stopped Near Some Date Trees
Called Hosseye [Arabic], Where Are Several Arab Huts, And Where Good
Water Is Found.
Here I remained the rest of the day, as I felt very much
the effect of yesterday’s exertions.
In the evening all the females
quitted the huts to join in the Mesámer, in which I also participated,
and we kept it up till long after midnight. My servant[This was the same
man who had accompanied me during my journey to Upper Egypt, as far as
Assouan. I again engaged him in my service after my return fro[m] the
Hedjaz.] attempted to join the party, but the proud
WADY ROMMAN
[p.619] Arabs told him that he was a Fellah, not of good breed, and
would not permit him to mix in the dance. He met with the same repulse
last night at Feiran.
June 3d.—We followed the valley by a slight slope through its windings
W.N.W. and N.W. Many tamarisk trees grow here, and some manna is
collected. The fertility of these valleys is owing chiefly to the
alluvial soil brought down from the mountains by the torrents, and which
soon acquires consistence in the bottom of the Wady; but if a year
passes without rain these alluvia are reduced to dust, and dispersed by
the winds over the mountains from whence they came. The surface was
covered with a yellow clay in which a variety of herbs was growing.
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