_July 19._ we rose at one in the Morning, and directed our Course S. S. E. over the Desart, for a Fountain call'd _Churraick_; but our Guide losing his Way, there being no Path, 'twas near Noon before we found it: which made us doubt of our Safety. This Well has no Signs near it to discover it by. Here we pitch'd our Tents, and refresh'd our Selves and Horses; and the Water being of a Purgative Quality, made us some Diversion. In our way, we found two _Arabs_ with two Asses, one whereof carried Water and a little Bread, the other they rod on by turns; they had one Gun, with which they they shot Antelopes, the Bullet being a hard Stone broken round, and cased with Lead; they had on the Palms of their Hands, Elbows, Knees and Feet, some Antelope-Skin tied, that they may be able to creep the better on the Ground, to Shoot; one of the Asses walking by as a Stalking-horse, and the _Arab_ imitating the Cry of the Gazel till he get within Shot: These _Arabs_ are called _Selebee_. At the Well came to us some _Arabs_ that were making Ashes of the ordinary sort of Weeds call'd _Chuddraife_, _Ruggot_ and _Cuttaff_; these they cut and dry, and putting them into a Pit, set Fire to them, and the Ashes cake at the bottom. The Ashes they carry to _Eglib_ and _Tripoli_, to make Soap of: But the best sort of Ashes are made of the Weed _Shinon_, which grows about _Tadmor_, _Soukny_, _Tibe_ and _Yarecca_; it grows like Broom in _England_, and in Shape resembles Coral. _July 20._ we rose at four in the Morning, and Travelling two Hours E. S. E. we arrived at _Andrene_, where we found the Ruins of two or three Churches, and of a great Town lying in a large Plain; where having tarried about an Hour and an half, and taken some fragments of Greek Inscriptions, which afforded no certain Sense, but yet were evidently Christian, we march'd again S. by E. and in about four Hours time came to a pleasant Aqueduct call'd _Sheck-alal_; this Aqueduct is cut through the main Rock, for a great way from the Mountains; and where it ends, the _Arabs_ have made a Garden, which afforded us Melons, Cucumbers, Purslain, _&c._ In a Grotto hard by, there dwelt an _Arab_ with his Family; he had a dozen _Buffalo's_, which they used both for their Milk, and to Plow the Ground, Sowing both Wheat, and Barly: Hither the _Arabs_ resort, when they have committed any Robbery about _Aleppo_, or _Hama_, and here they repose, and divide the Spoil. _July 21._ we rose at four in the Morning, and riding two Hours South, we came to a Ruin call'd _Briadeen_; here we found the following Inscription on a Stone, good part in the Ground: ΑΦΙΕΡΩΘΗ ΑΑΙΛΥΝΔΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΜΦ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΔΙΑ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΚΑ(Ι Π)ΑΠΠΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΙΚΟΥ ΚΝΕΤΜΝ -------- Υ -------- Ν