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are perched in trees or hid behind forts ; and when once in a 

 great while they take vengeance on one, face to face, like 

 honest foes, they have many of their bravest men torn to pieces 

 before their eves, and do not even then always remain masters 

 of the field. If any one wants to prove this with his own 

 eyes, he has only to come here with my book in his hand as 

 a guide, and he will find the wounded heroes of Beni-Meloul, 

 the Ouled-Cessi, and the Chegatmas, who will "fight their 

 battles o'er again," pointing to the wounds they carry, in 

 proof of their valor, and may offer to give him a lesson in 

 the field, even though their hearts be feeble and their hands 

 weak. 



But let us leave this dissertation, and come back to the 

 more interesting facts of actual life. 



