The awakening of the desert . parts could not easily be examined by thesufferer, his companion, Xoah, performed the operationof removing such of the needles as were visible. Manywithout doubt remained, for during the next two or threedays Peter walked with short steps, staccato, and rarelyindulged in a sitting posture. The stream near which we had halted afforded thelast opportunity to obtain water until we should completethe long drive across the sands. Our horses were fed withfine wheat flour, the only nourishment which we couldsecure to stay them through the day. After having filledthe wate
The awakening of the desert . parts could not easily be examined by thesufferer, his companion, Xoah, performed the operationof removing such of the needles as were visible. Manywithout doubt remained, for during the next two or threedays Peter walked with short steps, staccato, and rarelyindulged in a sitting posture. The stream near which we had halted afforded thelast opportunity to obtain water until we should completethe long drive across the sands. Our horses were fed withfine wheat flour, the only nourishment which we couldsecure to stay them through the day. After having filledthe water kegs and canteens from the stream, the difficultmarch was continued. The day was so intensely hotthat nearly all members of the party walked to relieve theperspiring horses. The country we were traversing wasan area of loose, dry sand. Its surface was marked bysmall mounds and ridges of sand, the ridges all trending inone direction and evidently drifted with the prevailingwind behind a clump of stunted grease wood, a small.
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