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accept the hospitality of his roof. In the East, to refuse 

 such an offer would be almost an offence, so I turned to- 

 wards the oasis which he inhabited. It was a delicious ham- 



249. The Mirage in the Desert. 



let, crowned with date-trees, and the entrance to it was pic- 

 turesquely decorated with some tombs of a most charming 

 appearance. 



