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168 TRAVELS IN OMAN. [CH.

tricts; but now, worn down and somewhat
despondent from sickness, the appearance and
condition of our party was far less enviable :

one of the servants fell repeatedly from the
ass on which he was mounted, and the Be-

dowins at last were compelled to lash him on
a camel.

After four hours we reached Birket el
Moge, which I have already noticed as en­

joying a good climate; and here, finding it
impossible, from the state of the party, to pro­

ceed, I pitched the tent, and determined to
remain for a few days. My own health and

spirits continued to improve at Birket, but
that of the rest of the party received small

amendment. The Arabs were very attentive,
and supplied us with every necessary, and on

the 26th January, there being a general be­
lief that the party was strong enough to pro­

ceed once more, we struck the tent and con­
tinued our journey.

Quitting Birket at eleven hours, a.m., we
continued for forty minutes through a date

grove, and over cultivated ground, and then
entered a shallow stony valley, with a few

dwarfish mimosas scattered over its surface.