Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-21

the end Of our march, We found on encam-
ping not the leait fign Of water, ncr was
green thing to be ieen. All hands was en-
Ployed in clearing out he well, but were 70
thirty and fatigued they could hardly move.
For myielf, not having taken the precsution
TO procure fmall fkin Of water 10 carry On
my horie, had il { been for few oranges
had, ] .hould hardly have been able to
move next morning | laid myfeIf down
On my bed to 1eep, bur | could not, being
fcr the frit time i'm my life almoH dead
with thirtt.-Had pcfiehed thouands. 7
would have given them for pill Of wafer.
About daylight little water was found.
worie, If Poilblc, than bilge water but to
me II was more delicious than the mott
precious cordial. We moved on the Sth.
and continued our march until the 22d. hal
ting wherever water was 70 be procured, and
frequently (uttcring very much for the want
ot it; our only proviGons handful Of rice
and two biicuits a day, and every day per-
picked and Narrated BY the Arabs for money.
who finding Us in their power, endeavoured
to extort every thing from Us.
The 22d about noon, we encarnped on
fpacious barren plain, where there were a.
bout 5coo Bedouin Arabs encampsd, all
IN our intereit, about 10, ,oco camels and
50 600 fheeP fed. Here we remained ave
days 10 refreth our troops.-The q7th we
commenced our march with fmall rein
torcement, conftting Of ~ Arab families.
with about 50 fighting men. We night
have taken the whole Of them, had we had
a luthcicncy OF proviions, which were now
reduced to rice only Water was growing
more and more fcarce every day, and the
Arabs Becoming more tronbiefome. They
feened determined nor 70 proceed to Bonn
Ia until news ceme oF The arrival OF our
eetiels, never once 1upp- eng they would
arrive, but remained under an idea that we
wifhed to get Pofefion of fome Arong hold
IN their country, and reduce them to Chrifi-
anity.-They f2id it was impoiIibe for
chriltian and a muiIulman TO have the tanre
mtereit. Our provifons were drawing 70
an end, and our Chritian folders on the
point Of mutinyiDg Our prolpeas were
now gloomy indeed, when, on the 10Th Of
April, at the time when We had diicovered
mutiny, a courier arrived with news oe
our vefels being Of Bomba II an ;ntart
the face Of things changed from penGve
gloom to enthuGafrc gladncfs The folders
who had refuicd 70 mount guard returned
to their duty The next morning we mar
ched on in high fpirits being only three
good days march from Bomba, although we
had only proviiions for the next dav. The
9TH, cur proviGons being expended we
killed a camel for fubGltence, which lated
the I3th. On the 10Th we arrived at Bonn
ba, having been ! days without monthful
OF ProvlEon, except little lorrel we found
now and then, and Gnall root we dug our
of the fand. To add to our dihreEs, no
yefitl was to be fecn, and no water 10 be
found ; we remained that night without
drop. The Arabs again began to murmur.
Early on the morning Of the eth | was
routed by the joyful found of fail a fail !
went out of my tent, and enjoyed the plea
fing fight of the Argus coming down the
coat under full fail. All was now rejoicing
and mutual congratulation. About s the
Argus diicovered is, and at to | enioyed
the peafurc Of embracing my mefs mates,
aud fitting down 70 a comfortable meal,
which | had not enjoyed for near 40 DAYS
When | think on out Gtuatiou in the
Delert, where no other chrifian ever
fat his foot, and conhde1 what thieves The
Arabs are who would fhoot a man for
the Buttons on his coat, and their religious
preludices, which would have been fulfil
Cient TO variant our deaths, as Chrifians
and enemies 70 their religion, frequently
wonder how il was polible for US 10 fuc-
ceed in reaching Bomba.--Certainly il
one of the mott extraordinary expeditions
ever let on on foot. We were very fire.
quently Il hours without water, and once
IT hours without drop. Our hoTles were
ionletimes 3 days without, and for the laft
70 DAYS had nothing 20 cat EXCEPT what
they picked out 4 IL iard q he { unt-v
was melancholy e.ert hF u OF. ana