. Programme . 32. 33 ceeds from some of his comrades, the unhappy man is beguiled fromthe right direction; and, soon finding himself utterly confounded asto the path, he roams about in distraction, until he perishes mis-erably. . Marvellous, indeed, and almost passing belief, are thestories reported of these desert phantoms, which are said at timesto fill the air with choral music from aU kinds of instruments, fromdrums, and the clash of arms. It is from the account of thesedesert traditions that Milton is supposed to have derived the passagein Comus:— Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows
. Programme . 32. 33 ceeds from some of his comrades, the unhappy man is beguiled fromthe right direction; and, soon finding himself utterly confounded asto the path, he roams about in distraction, until he perishes mis-erably. . Marvellous, indeed, and almost passing belief, are thestories reported of these desert phantoms, which are said at timesto fill the air with choral music from aU kinds of instruments, fromdrums, and the clash of arms. It is from the account of thesedesert traditions that Milton is supposed to have derived the passagein Comus:— Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire,And aery tongues that syllable mens namesOn sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.* The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette wrote a letterconcerning a mutiny of the Legionairies in Algeria. This letter waspublished on December 17, 1908. The correspondent asked: Is itGerman influence or is it desert madness? Some, who know thedesert well, believe in the latter theory. Men run amok in the sa
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