« SHERLOCK HOLMES” IN EGYPT. 
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WE WATCH Eh THEM EXAMINING THE GROUND. 
thieves, for they brought with them no tools 
sufficient for the formidable task of removing 
the masonry, and the attempt consequently 
failed. 
The excitement following upon this dis- 
covery was, of course, considerable. The 
police at the neighbouring town, some six 
miles off, were 
comm unic a t e d 
with, and they 
speedily arrived 
on the scene, 
accompanied by 
two of the prin- 
cipal “ trackers/ 1 
These men are 
Bedouins, who are 
educated to the 
practice of obser- 
vation from their 
earliest infancy, 
and consequently 
display an amount 
of intelligence in 
this respect little 
short of marvel- 
lous. The hole in 
the fence by which 
the robbers made 
their entry had 
been found, and 
the ground on 
both sides of the 
fence had been 
kept carefully 
clear until the 
trackers arrived. 
W e w a t c h e d 
them examining 
the ground, but 
were unable to 
form any idea of their impressions. They 
wandered < backwards and forwards in an 
apparently aimless manner, and at last 
went off slowly to a considerable distance. 
They spent some time in their investiga- 
tions, but when they returned to make 
their report it was somewhat startling. 
il THE SUSPECTS WERE RANGED HE FORE AN OPEN SPACE OF SAND AND ORDERED TO WALK ACROSS IT. 
/■Vojni a f‘hoU>Qr«i>h. 
