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Well of Maseen. Rate of Travelling. Our Ghafalah divides in two on account of the difficulty of obtaining Water for so large a Caravan. Es-Sărāb, or The Mirage. Gobemouche Politicians. Camels, fond of dry Bones. Geological Features of Plateau. Desert Tombs and Tumuli Directors. Intense cold of The Desert. Well of Nather. Savage Disposition of Camels. Mr. Fletcher's advice to Desert Tourists.
Arrived at the well of Maseen, at 4 P.M. Much the same scenery as yesterday. The road good, not quite so stony as yesterday, and scattered over with pieces of very fine quartz and shining felspar. No sand in quantity, and a little herbage for camels. Wind as yesterday, but more of it. Maseen is a tolerably deep well, but the water is not very sweet.
The under foliage is dead and dried up, a fit object in the desolate scene. Not a single living creature about the wells. No bird is here. At Maseen and Nather we had seen two or three small birds, hopping about the wells, picking up the crumbs and scattered grain of the passing caravan. Except the little vegetable life, all else here is "a universe of death!"
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