Coast of Africa: Cyrenaica, Benghazi, Bedouins and desert Samum

I was so weak that I could barely keep my horse on, although she was calm and in good health. The camels screamed as if sensing the future. For the first two hours of Fhali, we were pretty good; it only seemed that the air was thickened and it was difficult to breathe; but the sand still doesn’t bother us much. The sky began to be illuminated with red light, and soon the rays of the great sun appeared. The whole sky seemed foggy. The camels and horses walked well, but the donkeys were driven. I was wet from heavy sweating, and my head was hurting. After the next two hours, the donkeys completely stopped. I forcibly slid off the horse and fell motionless on the sand; my comrades, like me, were no good; but the Arabians and our Kornaks did not seem to lose heart, they butted horses, camels and donkeys, but only after the day to their full. We had four mosses of water with us. I wet the sponge and put it in my mouth, but the water was already warm and did not refresh me at all. The old bottle of wine became completely warm, and I did not drink the wine: it seemed like vinegar to me. We lay there for two hours without moving. The sun was already quite high, and he rushed to order to go forward. We went. Vfter seemed to be stunned; There was no sand at all, and the caravan walked quite briskly. I looked at my watch; it was 7 o'clock in the morning. I really wanted to get to the sea before noon, where the arc valley began; but I was afraid to tire the horses and donkeys. It’s strange that my headache not only did not get worse, but suddenly stopped completely, and I, despite being extremely weak and tired, didn’t feel anything. At 40 o'clock we saw in the distance, up to our foreheads, the sea. It’s impossible to describe how everyone was happy, especially because the wind was starting to blow strongly and was already depositing sand. An hour later we reached the meadow. The donkeys stopped to hiss the short, dry grass, but they were beaten and constantly driven. Finally, exhausted, exhausted, with dry throats, we dragged ourselves to the pier. I could barely sit on the horse; my good captain was waiting for us with the boat. They took me off the horse and carried me to the boat in their arms. I asked the Katsitan to pay Ibrahim and the Kornaks and give them more than the agreed payment, and I sent the sibnil to the ship. 'There they stripped me, changed my mind and put me in the cabin. I drank lemonade and immediately fell asleep. Not Part of TG. 27 I know how long I slept; but when I woke up, the ship was under sail, and we were sailing on the open sea. The captain stood in front of my cabin and told me that this midday afterward, although so harmful, was the most favorable for our progress; that although he left the pier to tow, but now, if the afterman doesn’t get over it for another day, he’ll probably take us to Malta at that time. I boarded the ship, it was good, I drank two glasses of porter, and became completely healthy; I just felt, like my companions in the sandy desert, a strong itch all over my body. My gazelle was healthy and walked freely around the ship.