Volume II Part 23 (2/2)

9a.m. 28.75 66 - At s.h.a.ghab ruin. Sea-breeze at eleven a.m.

Clear and cool. Day slightly cloudy; sun partly hidden.

3p.m. 28.60 86 15 In big tent at Majra el-Waghir. Mild sea- breeze. Hot sun. High clouds.

Night windless, except few occasional gusts. Stars veiled. Grand zodiacal light (now the regular thing). Cool and pleasant.

Mar. 3. 6a.m. 28.55 66 14 At Majra el-Waghir, outside tent. Sky cloudy; mist to north, ”mackerel's back”

to east. Sea-breeze at 9.30 a.m. in Wady Damah.

Noon. 29.13 75 26 Under tree in Wady Damah. Cool wind from south-west. A few clouds, getting gradually darker to west and south-west.

4p.m. 29.20 78 15 At El-Kutayyifah (camp) under a tree. Cool south-west wind.

6a.m. 29.30 63 16 Cold north wind. Sea-breeze at nine a.m, In big tent at El-Kutayyifab.

Mar. 4. 11.30a.m. 29.33 68 11 In shade of rock, Umm amil.

4p.m. 29.63 80 10 In small tent at Ma el-Badi'h, Wady Salma.

Cold, stiff gale: dust-laden sea-breeze up the ugly gorge.

5.45a.m. 29.50 60 13 At Ma el-Badi'h, on box in open air. Air clear; thin threads to south.

Mar. 5. 12.30p.m. 30.06 84 -3 At Ziba, in big tent, open east and west, fronting the bay.

2.45p.m. 30.00 82 4 At Ziba, in small tent.

AT ZIBa, IN CAMP (our second halt).

Mar. 6. 6a.m. 29.92 61 15 In big tent. Rather heavy clouds to east and elsewhere. Sea-breeze began at ten a.m.

Noon. 30.04 86 10 In big tent. Air dull and heavy. ”Rain- sun.”

3.45p.m. 30.00 81 3 Sky quite clear.

Storm at sunset. Heavy clouds rising over arch from west to north: all said meant wind. At seven p.m. violent gusty gale; nearly blew down tents. Rus.h.i.+ng and furious rain from north-west. Gusts lasted long. Fell about eleven p.m.

Rose again very violently at midnight; then blew itself out. Followed by cold air. Rain lasted about one hour; damped the ground, and left deep puddles in the rock-hollows.

Never had thunder and lightning in Midian.

Mar. 7. 6a.m. 31.12 58 15 At Ziba, on box. Cold and clear. A few clouds to west.

11.30a.m.29.96 74 19 At Jebel el Ghal, in shade in the open.

Fine west wind.

Night and morning cold. On summit of Jebel el-Ghal, aneroid 29.75.

Mar. 8. 6a.m. 30.04 51 11 At Mayat el-Ghal (camp), on box.

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