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water.html">water.html">water.html">water.html">water.html">water.html">water. This he agreed to do; but even in this he was strange and
island.html">island, into which there was a rough causeway from the land.html">land made of
thither; but he insisted on remaining with his horse on the mainland
to go down.html">down.html">down to the water's edge, he said.
I confess that at this moment I almost suspected that he was going
passing through my mind. "You had better take your pistol and money
kept the things now would have shown suspicion too plainly, and as I
thought that I was a fool to do so.
I went away by myself to the end of the island, and then I did
appearance.html">appearance of the place. The land shelves very gradually away to
thirty feet.html">feet.html">feet.html">feet, is strewn with the debris of rushes, bits of timber,
it seems difficult to say. The appearance is as though the water
no vegetation near the Dead Sea; but such is not the case, for these
the water, for the ground shelves down very slowly, and is rough
was in nearly up to my hips the water knocked me down; indeed, it
and by perseverance did proceed somewhat farther. It must not be
water. There is no such movement. Everything is perfectly still,
body; but the effect is that one's feet are tripped up, and that one
buoyant, that, when above a few feet in depth has to be encountered,
down his feet and legs. I then essayed to swim; but I could not do
below the surface; so that my head and face seemed to be propelled
that I could not remain long in that position. However, I had
water, I never had inside my mouth. I expected it to be extremely
but there is a flavour in it which kills the salt. No attempt can
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