HAD] ANO 



carried in his hand a gun belonging 

 to Brown. He cordially greeted me 

 (he spoke French like a Frenchman) 

 and led the way to the grove. Here 

 I found a delightful little camp of 

 two Arab tents, one of which was 

 occupied by the Hadji himself, the 

 other by some three or four Arabs 

 who were with him. 



In a few minutes some of these 

 men had taken my horse and were 

 grooming and feeding him, while 

 another was preparing some food for 

 me. 



After some mutual inquiries I 

 asked the Hadji how he came to 

 be camped out here instead of living 

 in the farm as usual, whereat he 

 laughed and said that he did not 

 care for French officers, and while 

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