1 robber Was the Slu ikli DcmUl, the chief of the country on the
2 other side of the river-, that he was assured that the elder
3 brother had been for some time sick and swollen, and he added
4 that he was ready to go there on horseback to see the patient.
5 They then led him to a fordable part of the river, and I re¬
6 mained with the boat; and whilst I was musing on this barren,
7 but still somewhat cultivated* ground of the desert, calcu¬
8 lating what day of the week we were in, and guessing that i<
9 might be Sunday of the second week of November, probably
10 St. Mar tin's day (when in my native Cbuhtry it is deep winter),
11 1 saw two men corning up the river, armed cap-a-pie. They
12 passed by without, saluting me with their Selnin, which surprised
13 me, and they went straight to the boat, inquiring for my
14 companion. They then loaded me with abuse, asking who
15 had brought us from Constantinople to cure the wounds of the
16 A glia at Hit, and adding that the would punish me imme¬
17 diately for having clone so, if it were not for the Khater (favor)
18 and for their regard for their friend, tlm Sheikh Demlal, and
19 they finished, by assuring me that we must not expect to escape
20 from the grasp of theft Brethren, as one hundred and fifty
21 A gel is were hunting after us.
22 After this menace, tiny left the boat and crossed the river,
23 »t the same spot where my friend had crossed on horseback, "itli
24 as much ease as if they had been walking on laud, carrying their
25 clothes and their weapons on their bead . When I lost sight ot
26 them, the owner of the l)o,it. cum- up to me, asking whether i
27 understood what they bad soil to me. •• llut too well,” re¬
28 plied I; (licit 1 asked him, what was now die best to be doner
29 He advised me, first of all, to put off thy new- richly decorated
30 and gold embroidered cloak (Aba), mid to take his old worn-
31 out striped one. He concealed thine* and led me to a neigh¬
32 bouring field, covered with high Indian corn (maize), and desired
33 me to sit down and remain quiet, until he should come to uie.
34 I followed bis -idvice, and after at. hour had elapsed lie came
35 back, with a ini ling and contented countenance, telling me 'lint
36 the man of Quoise, to whom I had given my purse, and