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wanted to see after a filly he has with the Amiir 

 at grass, and to order some sheep for our entertain- 

 ment at Tudmur. The two set off then together, 

 while I, not caring to go so far out of the road, for 

 I was tired, went on alone to overtake the camels. 

 I found them in the plain of Tudmur, across which 

 we marched steadily all the afternoon. About three 

 o'clock I saw a horseman galloping from the hills 

 to our right, hut not quite in our direction, and 

 guessing by the stride of the animal that it might 

 be Hagar, I hastened on and found Wilfrid. He 

 had had a most successful expedition. He and 

 Mohammed had found the Amur camp, and drunk 

 coffee with the robbers. He says they are just like 

 any other Arabs, only that their tents are the 

 smallest he has seen. All of them had seemed on 

 perfectly good terms with Mohammed, who had 

 kissed the men whose tent they stopped at, as if he 

 had been their Sheykh, and such indeed they had 

 called him, either out of compliment, or, as Mo- 

 hammed would make out, because of his prophetic 

 descent. The filly was found to be well, and Salah, 

 the Amur in charge of her, had been ordered to 

 bring her and three sheep to Tudmur the next day. 

 Then they had galloped on to join us, Mohammed 

 having long ago been left behind by Hagar, who did 

 the six miles, for such we calculated the distance at, 

 in a little over twenty minutes. She is a wonderful 

 mare. 



The ruins of Palmyra now began to show very 



