fortunate as to collect, in less than half an hour, about three quarts, which, after being roasted, were shared among the captives.

During our halt at this place, I have yet at other circumstance to record, which I then esteemed, and still esteem of more importance to me, if possible, than even the discovery of the well of water. My master having ordered me to dismount, that he might water his camel, I seated myself on a hard sand drift, a few rods from the well--here I remained until I saw him returning, leading his camel--as he approached, I perceived that he had something in his hand, and on his near approach, what were my emotions, to find that it was the sacred volume, that my husband informed me was in possession of one of the Arabs, who had taken it from the pack of a fellow captive--the Arab it appeared, having conceived it of little value (being opposed to the Christian faith) and unwilling to be burthened⚫ with it any longer, threw it upon the sand, with an intention of there leaving it. My husband being made acquainted with his determination, after much persuasion, prevailed upon my master to pick it up, and convey it to me; this he would by no means have done (being a strict Mahometan)⚫ had not my husband satisfied him by repeated assurances, that with this precious volume in my possession, I should be enabled to endure the hardships to which we were then subject, with more fortitude than I had done. My feelings on receiving so rich a pre