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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

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Origin of survey of Red Sea 1
Sir H. Popham—Captain Court—Defects of old maps—
Wrecks in Arabian Gulf 2-3
Historical reminiscences . 5
Tor to Suez .... 8
Description of Tor 9
El Wadi ..... 11
Impregnation of date palm 12
Mohammed Ali—Baths of Moses 13 ij
Dr. Shaw—Sir F. Henniker 15
Excursion to Jebel Mokatteb 16
Anecdote—’Abu Suwari . 19
Inscriptions .... 20
Mountain of the “ Bell ” . 23
Remarkable phenomenon 20
Return to Tor—Start for Suez 27
Desolate scenery—Night in the Desert 2S
Mount Serbal—Mirage 31
Daybreak in the East 33
Arab freedom of manners . 34
Pharaoh’s Bath—Heat—An alarm 35—37
Endurance of the camel 39
Marah—Fountain of Moses 40
Arrival at Suez .... 41 : !
Passage of the Israelites 42
Journey from Tor to Sinai—Fierce debate 45
El Kaa—Gum Arabic 46 !
Mountains—Sir F. Henniker 47
Accounts of manna tree—Its produce 48
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