44 MY horse; my love. 



lain concealed with the Arabs behind the rocks and 

 buried up to my neck in sand, hoping they might 

 thus approach us more nearly. »Stationed at a certain 

 oasis in the desert, over loo miles distant, v^^ere men 

 to note the time of their arrival there. How they 

 flew past us in the half-mile distance! It was like 

 watching an express train disappearing from view, 

 while the thunder of their many hoofs scarce lasted 

 longer than the roar of a passing train ! They had 

 method in their going, and a leader whom they fol- 

 lowed. Their bellies hugged the ground, as their 

 slender legs carried them on with long strides and 

 an easy motion, in which there was no haste, but 

 immense untiring speed, and infinite lightness and 

 grace. For twelve hours we waited and watched for 

 their return, and were finally rewarded by hearing 

 approach the sound of their many hoofs, and could 

 see them fly past us with undiminished speed, on 

 their return. My men stationed so far off had noted 

 there, carefully, the time of their arrival. By com- 

 paring it witTi that of their return, which I witnessed, 

 1 make no exaggeration in my statement. To be 

 still more sure I tested these facts many times." 



