StNicholas [serial] . e fel-lows very unmilitary; still,they carried modern rifles,and, as Ted knew, wouldshoot human beings, orcut off human heads, with-out hesitation, if so or-dered. Although the hour wasan early one for tourists,who could sleep in com-fortable beds, it was by nomeans early for the na-tives, who enjoyed butlittle shelter and otherluxuries; and the greatmarket-place, semicircularin form, with a diameterof two hundred yards,was thronged with pic-turesque but wild-looking human beings. Theday was a market-day, and the crowds weretherefore unusually large; the place swarmed lik
StNicholas [serial] . e fel-lows very unmilitary; still,they carried modern rifles,and, as Ted knew, wouldshoot human beings, orcut off human heads, with-out hesitation, if so or-dered. Although the hour wasan early one for tourists,who could sleep in com-fortable beds, it was by nomeans early for the na-tives, who enjoyed butlittle shelter and otherluxuries; and the greatmarket-place, semicircularin form, with a diameterof two hundred yards,was thronged with pic-turesque but wild-looking human beings. Theday was a market-day, and the crowds weretherefore unusually large; the place swarmed likean ant-hill; donkey-drivers jostled their wayalong, shouting, Balak! Balak! More care-fully moved a bhisti, a water-carrier, with ahairy goatskin of water slung over his back, and ceaselessly clinked two brass cups, to call atten-tion to his occupation; whole families from theinterior valleys and deserts sat around their gar-den products —oranges, onions, carrots, and thelike; some men offered charcoal; and a small. ACHMED ARRANGED WITH THE SHEIK TO RETURN WITH THE CARAVAN TO FEZ. group of women displayed a few embroideredcloths. A camel caravan had been expected infrom Morocco City (Marrakesh, the Moors callit), but had encamped one or two miles outsidethe city, as a recent rain had made the roadsmuddy and slippery. Camels find very insecurefooting where the ground is muddy; their big 604 THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO [May, sponge-like feet stick fast, or they slide and fall,usually breaking bones. So the caravan mustremain outside, for the present, on higher, rockierground. Ted was managing fairly well with his unac-customed garments, although the slippers —whichare always worn with the rear part turned inunder the wearers heel —caused him some annoy-ance; he felt sure that he did not deceive anyMoor who looked at him closely; in fact, he nowand then detected smiles on swarthy faces, whichshowed him that he had much still to learn. But he was bent on making himself profi
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