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APPENDIX.
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Munserif (the divider), one day’s journey. There
arc some pits there and vestiges, it is said, of cxca-
: vations made in these places by certain kings for the
purpose of joining the sea of Rum (Mediterranean)
with the sea of Suweis (Red Sea). Thence to
: A1 Kubc'ibdt (the little domes). Here there arc
l hills of sand like domes. This is the beginning of the
a
desert (ct-tih) of the children of Israel; a widely-ex­
tended plain, forty farsangs in length and breadth,
having Jcbcl T<5r (Mount Sinai) on the right, and
Arish on the left. Its roads are very difficult, and
there is no water, from the cold in winter and the ex­
cessive heat in summer. Here the children of Israel
were for forty years wandering about while they passed
over a tract only two days’ journey in extent. Thence to
Wast-et-tih (mid-desert), or Raud-el-jemel (camel’s
garden). Thence to
Batn-nakhl (palm-vale), or Wadi tejr (merchant’s
dale), where there is a spring, a castle built by Kansu,
and a lodge (fiski'ycli) which encloses the well. The
guards stationed in the castle keep the water from the
Arabs. ’Ali Pashd, Beylerbey of Egypt, enlarged
both of them. Thence to
Wadi-el-’ghaimd (thirsty-valley). Thence to
Wadi-cl-karid (camel’s ruminating valley). Then,
after going down a declivity, to
Abyar-cl-’ald (the exalted wells), a wide plain,
where there arc two wells ; one called Bi'reh, the other
’Alanf. There is also a reservoir (haud) filled with
rain-water, and in its neighbourhood is the Saltern,
called ’Arakib* baghl (mule’s muscles). Thence to
* Plural of’urkub, tlie lendo Achillis.