I took it for granted that mine was well trained, and would go with the others of his own accord.

We all mounted by means of a stone platform which stood by the pyramid, and soon were on our way.
The speed was amazing; the fastest race-horse at home is slow compared with this.

It was as swift as an ordinary railway train, if not more so.

For some minutes the novelty of my situation took away all other thoughts, and I held the reins in my hands without knowing how to use them.

But this mattered not, for the well-trained bird kept on after the others, while Almah on her bird was close behind me.