The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-24
III NUMBER 14s.
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= > = II.
The fAlous,,s ,ns.,..-z :. : :
addressed 10 he lfsu s
Rtier w d. Ovsr,ve. ~ ~ ~. san
70 he Expedon NV Or, ~ ~ - s.sJ
may Dot prove l,nir.ser-. ~ =
These Ie,ters. aed si,s,,t y y, y tssss,s
comps MED by an -, :, auI nc
fry hBherIo ure xplnred hs 's e.1n-
The direction ~ ibis rs 4 d 80. s.s
fIpoH isnrisIng sf1'seas ~ app,,ass.,rv Mr.
aad beynni Ite Gsrian p =. s,t,nt, = 49,.
fbr Rye mixes ffpm Tupoii ausf r.s.s ,ese y
Mount e- ay'ng aneiepasioB o. 1s00 f--tstl
country consists Q. q cynlif nous tahlessand A.
| far a. the wen Of fanopia, ~ 9tdsr. 81
inin. ~ tat many deep ~adls nierseet Iuis sa.'ie-
ana' aId inr ruins oi ssyeras Roman srmu'nenss
and coiumns were declyefed BY rle tFasri~rs.
B-YOfd 20 the so1th Of iabonla i The lahie land
oi me haHada, an tmnsnss desert Of ccn&'defahty
grr aer elevation, extending iiJ eeFapiica miles
70 We stuis ga& ai a5 ffffss
As tar as the.eye can reach. neither trees nor
wells are visible, and the scaB.y vegefaIon which
occurs s to be met with only here and there 10 tie
tflfiing irregularities Of the surface The ground
Is covered with sn u stones; pyramids Of which.
erected with great labor. serve as road-fnarks to
the intrepid eamrl drivers By day-svhie the polar
s.as and Antares are their guides by night After
slx long days journey, the expedition reached the
| southern edge OF this tabIe-Iand which descends
~ perpendicular walls to the Wadi Il Hessi. On
| about $50 30f north latitude Hence "a The
Wadi Shialt Is about sisty geographical miles.
over another plateau Of Iess eIevsfsa, ard exrsat
than that Of the Hauaaa ~. ~ ,,,.-II,
pectthe general dresrlon u ~. se I;r = 4
1t is composed 81 biach,aud s,ona tbs d.;.,ear,-
con Of which forms a eoarse spIIo,v ss,d eo.r7i,
the inequalities Of the sfo, s - s
stands out promipentlv ~ hs.la ~ .'1 4
cones of the most fauts.,ir y. = n'sn
i bling basaIfie rocks tbat n. G - -.'-n i--
/ inns vvsre of,e, I.4 y, IL Il rs NJ e9mpahT
i basat,ic rocE51 H. ;,-lf - A's mus pe
/ to eramipe the Isa 4; ", S III Npsssu
eeived The ,nono,anv ~ .b ds -. !. - os
i ,vas rslievsd 10 ,bs ,-sTis,., -lI -. o.s. ,oos
4 ,ha ,.Lai n IN 5entg Sanas ~ M'snont which
" e1@ah "oVla oe iiieless wilderness.
49,. III; st lie Pa'h tsfrs grow ana N
:. tlae tne wes are found In
~ Ey ~ y : eHNasl me 1Psoanon passed
'n.',s. I. u, e. PAINS, A. weA as
'niougn ouistVa.ro " heus o wheat ana barley
,,aia,a ''lil1 Wa .at.I - py me
hsasasa fIurs',ks ai s'scn
III as,if lnr, tI IL Ora. @
hinsIS . ~. tr,,.,t n I,,' ~ 'alls
| asa,.,,, r,,l..s, a w ,'s'hsu, ~ ~ hae.ng
s,.,,, -, III 49, n 1 pPfsu'i ~ ehat- Ahe
al tbs ys,s5 ,.sI \, - ~" sps.'s-
tsavs ~ " W.
i 49,, = 2 a , ,.'e ih-'.a -
Ov.Evg ~ \ R,sb,y,5 Y y. ~. ~
aIlers eopn,rv ( u = W.
that they do moi progs ~.
who Ar. elotl,es s.,s t ~. =. "a
have ron y,sp;,F,oy,ss ~ s
6,cfure Their eot,sf, s 4
cotersd with snow every yzin,er,
With regard 10 Ils, lsttsr IA, f dis irs,,at;,,
1t NAV be- remarked tl,4t h earn. ~ NJ. ~
with The rrsnlts recently arrived a. bv other tr1I
ers and TO AFFORD reasonable grounds for tIe sn,T.
zen that he inferior Of Africa consists Of inrneuse
tate land exten1ing wi I.iut any material fftet
eupIon from tile mountains af Mendef sosith Of
Lake Echad, as ier As The Cape ef G.sd Hops. and
a