Saw an Arab climbing one of them with a rope and got another Arab to teach me the trick.

It isn't really difficult, though it looks alarming." "What in the name of goodness----" I began.
"Oh!" he interrupted, "my ruling passion.

Looking through the glasses I thought I caught sight of an orchid growing near the crown, so went up.

It wasn't an orchid after all, only a mass of yellow pollen.

But I learned something for my pains.