Curzon, Robert, 1810-1873 · London : J. Murray · leaf 189
his warlike band with mutual compli-ments and good wishes, and our guides each seizingthe tail of one of our donkeys to increase his onwardspeed, we trotted away back to the boat, which waswaiting for us at Souhag. There we found our boat-men and a crowd of villagers, listening to one of thoselong… … MENDICANT DEBVISH. Chap. XI. LEGENDS OF THE DESERT. 139 through the deserts on the way to Mount Sinai, Syria,and other places. The Arabs are great tellers ofstories; and some of them have a peculiar knack inrendering them interesting and exciting the curiosityof their audience. Many of these…
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