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RIe HNE8S OF THE PASTURES. MUSQU ITOiS, ETC. 41of maiataining'it.The country around was thickly studdedwith Arabcamps.. Several islands are in these lakes.tberemotest periods, chosen for holy purposes.The Tiber had its sacredisland., the site of the mysterious serpentine ritlla1.Insular situations are, fromOn each ofthese, here, is a sanctoreum; lrhich, its roof covered with gray tUesrcflecting the' sun's blaze, enlivens the scene. Nineteen large Arabcampswere cOllnted thisday; but the country was so flat that the expanseof the view was very Jimited.From several they brought excellentmilk (these pastures give it a richness of which Europe cao supply11Q idea), pure, or compollnded with other ingredients, the latter verygond, asubstantial mess inwhich CUSCUSlt hada part.serves to~eeutitledaland flowing with milk and honey.This truly de..Arab hospitality,however,although it is 'here no more than the difi'usion'of SQ"pertluity, is not in these degenerate days exercised gratis.; norcan aHthis good exist lvithout some annexation' of eviJ.. At our evening encampment" in these watery districts, warning had been given to use everyprecaution of whieh our tents admitted the adoption, against the aecesso(mosquitos; too diminutive an epithetftH' sueh a fônnidable race.The warning was of noavail.'fhe tents \Vere closed with the utmostcare; hut no sooner was the fatal measure of lighting tlie .candiesa'dopted, direccting tbese eolumns upon their pointaf attack, (and of theattraction whereof no apprizalhad been given, but which seemed thesignal for general assault,) than myriads forced their way in with suella sanguiuaryfury, determined as they Wel'e to give no quarter, that al!thoughts, save of self-defenee, were completely put an end to fol' thenight. Paper masks and mitteus, loose clothing, extinguishing light