...presented themselves to us this day; in form and position like those we had seen at Waadi el Haiboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in...They began immediately after . sun-rise like a thick cloud, and almost darkened the sun. :• his rays shining through them for more than an hour, gave...

...the swiftest horse, or fastest sailing ship, could be of no use to carry us out of this danger . . . They began immediately after sunrise, like a thick...darkened the sun : his rays shining through them for near anhour, gave them an appearance of pillars of fire^ . . The sun shining through the pillars, which...

...sand, under various aspects, presented themselves repeatedly to our view. At one time they appeared like a thick wood, and almost darkened the sun. His rays shining through them, gave them the resemblance of pillars of fire.— Some of the people shrieked, others declared that...

...sand presented themselves to us this day, in form and disposition like those we had previously seen, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in...less than two miles. They began immediately after sun- rise, like a thick wood, and almost darkened the sun: his rays shining through them, for near...

...presented themselves to us this day in form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in...They came several times in a direction close upon DS, that is, I believe, within less than two miles. They began immediately after sun rise like a thick...

...the face. ' Two days after this, the same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in size. They came several times in a diVoL. III. B 10 BRUCE'S TRAVELS. rection close upon us ; that is, I believe, within less than two...

...of a few days, but the pillars seemed to be greater in number, and less in size, than the preceding. They came several times in a direction close upon...darkened the sun : his rays shining through them, gave them the appearance of pillars of fire. The Greeks shrieked out, saying it was the day of judgment....

...presented themselves to us this day in form and disposition like those we had seen at Waad Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in...less than two miles. They began immediately after sun rise, like a thick wood and almost darkened the sun. His rays shining through them for near an...

...gratified with a similar display of moving pillars, in form and disposition like those already described, only they seemed to be more in number and less in...They came several times in a direction close upon them ; that is, according to Mr. Bruce's computation, within less than two miles. They became, immediately...

...with scarce a quart of water in it. On the 15th the same moving pillars of sand presented themselves, only they seemed to be more in number, and less in...They came several times in a direction close upon them. ' They began,' says Bruce, ' immediately after sun-rise, like a thick wood, and almost darkened...