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M. Philipin lost time in shoeing very imperfectly his four mules; and M. Marie, who could have set out with eight camels at any moment, delayed moving till March 26th. The party was composed of a single Bash-Buzuk from the fort, and two quarrymen: the Ras Kafilah was young Shaykh Sulayman bin 'Afnan of whom more presently while his brother-in-law Hammad acted guide.
The report was confirmed by an old Arab Bash-Buzuk at El-Wijh; he declared that in his youth he had seen a tall furnace, and a quantity of scoria from which copper could be extracted, lying northwards at a distance of eighteen hours' march and five by sea. The next important feature is the Wady Salbah, the Telbah of the Chart, up whose inland continuation, the Wady el-Nejd, we shall travel.
An old wife who brought us a goat for sale, and who begged that Husayn, the Bash-Buzuk, might pass the night with her, in order to shoot an especially objectionable wolf, had a long tale to tell of neighbouring ruins.
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