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spear, but M quickly headed him, and persuaded him to 
get back into the line and not make a fool of himself. 
The elders, who had seen the force of my friend’s sensible 
argument from the first, soon quieted down the horsemen ; 
while I rode off with Warsama Dugdl and persuaded the in- 
fantry to stop, for they were quietly creeping ahead among the 
sand-dunes. When they saw me riding a kicking Panjabi 
somXli horseman. 
mule, with a revolver which I had forgotten to put in its holster, 
and old Warsama in company excitedly yelling at them, they 
began to laugh, and good-naturedly squatted down on their 
heels, with the butts of their spears planted in the ground, 
glowering over their shields at a line of hillocks in front which 
hid the Boho from view\ At their earnest request I allowed 
them to advance fifty yards to the top of the hillocks, “ so that 
they might see the Boho.” They said they were thirsty, and 
the sight of the wells would do them good ! The people told 
