The Burton Holmes lectures; . MIDDAY REPOSE 234 THE MOORISH i:mimki: wholly unpeopled ; yet we are not without niis^iviuf^s, for, ofour caravan, four mules and two men ha\e j^one us are Haj, the draj^oman, Achmedo, the valet, andthe nuileteers, Abuktaver and IJokhuniiiir. TIk niissinj^ areKaid Liiarbi, the military escoit, and the new ]:)acker whojoined our force in Fez. We iia\e our tent and Hajskitchen ; the other tents and all the supplies and furnitureare in the packs of tln^ missinj< nmles somewhere on thisgloomy plain, possibly already become the loot of some law-less shei
The Burton Holmes lectures; . MIDDAY REPOSE 234 THE MOORISH i:mimki: wholly unpeopled ; yet we are not without niis^iviuf^s, for, ofour caravan, four mules and two men ha\e j^one us are Haj, the draj^oman, Achmedo, the valet, andthe nuileteers, Abuktaver and IJokhuniiiir. TIk niissinj^ areKaid Liiarbi, the military escoit, and the new ]:)acker whojoined our force in Fez. We iia\e our tent and Hajskitchen ; the other tents and all the supplies and furnitureare in the packs of tln^ missinj< nmles somewhere on thisgloomy plain, possibly already become the loot of some law-less sheik, or, as we hope, merely delayed because of brokenharness, or gone astray because of a mistaken trail. Ourgroundless fears are set at rest an hour later b\- the safearrival of the precious convoy, and once more our palates aredelighted by the delicious dinner cooked by Haj, our thirstquenchetl by cooled oranges, and our weary bodies laid torest upon our comfortable Ulli;, ( ), .\M> \ K THE MOORISH EMPn<E 235 After the con-finement incidentto our residencein city quarters,the free life of theplains is doublyexhilaratinfi. andwe find intensepleasure in thesatisfaction ofthe simple, keendesires to eat,drink, and food is good,all drink is bet-ter, sleep thesweetest gift ofthe gods. The morning •• vo sov chino, senor finds us early in the saddle ; four hours westward prog-ress brings us at noon to one of those rare oases ofshadow in this bare land of sunshine. Here hunger, thirst,and weariness are again assuaged by food and drink andsleep. Sharp darts of brilliant, blinding sunshine burnthrough the leafy masses of the two fig-trees, and withalmost malicious persistence pursue the would-be slumberer,who, to avoid this, must every now and then crawl after thereceding shadows. But we are not the only travelers who have sought mid-day shelter in this forest. On our approach we were greetedby a family group, —a man and woma
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