The innocents abroad; . ollen shirts, a portfolio, a guide-book,and a Bible. I also took along a toWel and a cake of soap, toinspire respect in the Arabs, who would take me for a king indisguise. We were to select our horses at 3 p. m. At that hour Abra-ham, thedrag Oman,marshaledthem beforeus. Withall solemni-ty I set itdown here,that thosehorses werethe hardestlot I everdid comeacross, andtheir accou-tre mentswere in ex-quisite keep-ing withtheir style. One brute had an eye out; another had his tail sawed off close,like a rabbit, and was proud of it; another had a bony ridgerunning from his
The innocents abroad; . ollen shirts, a portfolio, a guide-book,and a Bible. I also took along a toWel and a cake of soap, toinspire respect in the Arabs, who would take me for a king indisguise. We were to select our horses at 3 p. m. At that hour Abra-ham, thedrag Oman,marshaledthem beforeus. Withall solemni-ty I set itdown here,that thosehorses werethe hardestlot I everdid comeacross, andtheir accou-tre mentswere in ex-quisite keep-ing withtheir style. One brute had an eye out; another had his tail sawed off close,like a rabbit, and was proud of it; another had a bony ridgerunning from his neck to his tail, like one of those ruinedaqueducts one sees about Rome, and had a neck on him likea bowsprit; they all limped, and had sore backs, and likewiseraw places and old scales scattered about their persons likebrass nails in a hair trunk; their gaits were marvelous tocontemplate, and replete with variety—under way the proces-sion looked like a fleet in a storm. It was fearful. Bluchershook his head and said:. THE SELECTION. SUMPTUOUS VAGABONDIZINa. 485 That dragon is going to get himself into trouble fetchingthese old crates out of the hospital the way they are, unless hehas got a permit. # I said nothing. The display was exactly according to theguide-book, and were we not traveling by the guide-book ? Iselected a certain horse because I thought I saw him shy, andI thought that a horse that had spirit enough to shy was notto be despised. At 6 oclock p. M., we came to a halt here on the breezysummit of a shapely mountain overlooking the sea, and thehandsome valley where dwelt some of those enterprising Phoe-nicians of ancient times we read so much about; all aroundus are what were once the dominions of Hiram, King of Tyre,who furnished timber from the cedars of tliese Lebanon hillsto build portions of King Solomons Temple with. Shortly after six, our pack train arrived. I had not seen itbefore, and a good right I had to be astonished. We had nine-teen serving men and
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