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liusbanding his power, lias marelied all day, keepino' 

 at a uniform pace like a trained pedestrian, mile 

 after mile, hour after hour ; and, the journey ended, 

 he walks off to feed. He knows time's value, and 

 loses not an instant, careful only to keep his fellows 

 in sight, and listening for his master's call. At dusk 

 he stops and, turning his head at a sudden flash, sees 

 the camp fire lighted, and knows that it is time for 

 bed. He slowly makes his way to camp, kneels 

 down of his own accord to receive his portion of 

 beans, or his ball of cotton seed, and chews the cud 

 without moving till morning. Which of these two 

 creatures has shown the neater sense durino- the 

 day ? Which the most temper ? But enough. I 

 have lost my own. 



After these mute partings, farewells more solemn 

 had to be made. Hanna, Ferhiin, Ghanim, Mo- 

 hammed, and Mr. S., each in his turn, and in his 

 degree, cost us a pang, Ghanim was the first to 

 go. At Damascus he was evidently out of place, 

 and the very first day got into trouble there, and 

 was disarmed by the police of a certain iron mace it 

 had been his pride to carry. This disgusted the boy, 

 and he took the opportunity to leave us, ingratiating 

 himself with his legitimate chieftain; by singing songs 

 to him in honour of the Koala war. There, under 

 the name of Bender (for he thought it becoming, 

 like Abram, on so great an occasioii to change his 

 name), and clothed in a fine abba and kefiyeh, the 

 proceeds of our bakshish, he strutted about the 



