CHAPTER XIX. 



The odd trick and four by honours — A fast forty minutes— The 

 Consul at last — "We start for the Hamad — Song of the desert 

 lark — A real ghazii — Looking for the Anazeh — Jebel Ghorab 

 — We discover tents — Jedaan — Married for the fifteenth time 

 and yet not hajipy — Blue blood in the desert — A discourse on 

 hors(3-breeding — We are entrusted with a diplomatic mission to 

 the Eoula. 



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