HAD] ANO 



clothes for his native Arab dress, 

 which he always wore at home. 



Then followed one of those de- 

 lights which only come too seldom 

 into one's experience to lie at one's 

 ease in the cold, clear night by a 

 warm and cheerful camp fire. The 

 restfulness of it appeals to every 

 joint in the tired sportsman's frame, 

 while his mind is amused by the 

 quaint tales and plaintive songs with 

 which the Arabs pass away an hour 

 or two. 



Then, warm and sleepy, one rolls 

 into one's blanket to sleep off all 

 fatigue and gather fresh energy from 

 the pure fresh air of one's bedroom 

 under the stars. 



Often during the night, as is my 



wont, I awoke to glance around, and 



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