The Jordan valley and Petra . p The Dead Sea 303 lead to it from all sides. A slight change in eleva-tion would account for all its peculiar features, andalso explain the position of the delta at the mouthof the Ahsa. Even though we had made an early start, the heatbecame intense and our thirst excruciating. It wasa strange experience, after the foul waters of theBir Mlih, those of Alebrash camp, and those of theGhor es Safiyeh, to reach a point where the horseswalked in crystal brooks for half an hour, theheavens like brass above, the heat increasing, andnot a drop of water to drink ! For
The Jordan valley and Petra . p The Dead Sea 303 lead to it from all sides. A slight change in eleva-tion would account for all its peculiar features, andalso explain the position of the delta at the mouthof the Ahsa. Even though we had made an early start, the heatbecame intense and our thirst excruciating. It wasa strange experience, after the foul waters of theBir Mlih, those of Alebrash camp, and those of theGhor es Safiyeh, to reach a point where the horseswalked in crystal brooks for half an hour, theheavens like brass above, the heat increasing, andnot a drop of water to drink ! For these limpidstreams beneath our feet were all so bitterly saltyor sulphurous that neither man nor beast couldtouch a drop of them. An hour of this in that saltdesert was an experience we can never forget. When once clear of this salt morass, our Ka-abineh guides begged to be allowed to return, andafter getting our bearings well we paid them andlet them go. Sending our caravan on ahead wethen took one soldier and made the attempt
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