. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . A TTEMPT TO LE VY BLA CK MAIL. i8 7 offered to take us there himself in spite of Arar, whomhe would destroy, and whose camp the Howeytat wouldattack that very night. We declined the offer, and after much more shoutingand threatening of Selim this sheik rode away. Thenaccompanied bv men of both tribes, who gatheredaround our escort, as if to hem them in, and feelingthat we were again getting into a dangerous situation,we came to the encampment of the Ghawarineh, nearto which we pitched our tents. No soon
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . A TTEMPT TO LE VY BLA CK MAIL. i8 7 offered to take us there himself in spite of Arar, whomhe would destroy, and whose camp the Howeytat wouldattack that very night. We declined the offer, and after much more shoutingand threatening of Selim this sheik rode away. Thenaccompanied bv men of both tribes, who gatheredaround our escort, as if to hem them in, and feelingthat we were again getting into a dangerous situation,we came to the encampment of the Ghawarineh, nearto which we pitched our tents. No sooner had we done so than the very villainouslooking old sheik of that tribe demanded from us asum of one hundred medjidies (about sixteen pounds),and this being refused, said we should not leave theplace until we paid it. After a long discussion Georgetold him he should have the money if he would puthis seal to a paper acknowledging that he hadextorted it under threats of violence, and that then weshould take the paper to the Turkish Government, whowould send soldiers to punish him. And h
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