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Saw seven or eight hobaras, but too windy for the hawks to be flown. Captain B. chased a gazelle himself, and had the good fortune to catch him. We marched seventeen miles to a place called Aly Ben Own, the name of the saint buried close by. The plain we crossed must have been once thickly inhabited, as there were many remains. We were joined by more Arabs, and our force continued to augment.
The Bey, being in want of horses, the same system of seizing them was adopted as with the camels. One splendid morning that broke over our encampment we had an opportunity of witnessing Africa's most gorgeous scenery. Plenty of hobaras; they fly like a goose. The hawks took two or three of them, also some hares.
On the hill overlooking the town, we also met two women screaming frightfully and tearing their faces; we learned that one of them had lost her child. The women make the best blankets here with handlooms, and do the principal heavy work. We saw some hobaras, also a bird called getah, smaller than a partridge, something like a ptarmigan, with its summer feathers, and head shaped like a quail.
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