One, strong and sinewy, lay on his face, supporting his black-bearded cheeks with his hands so that his half-raised face could gaze over the barren plain.

The other, a smaller-made man, lay on his back, making a pillow of his arms, and gazed at the gloomy sky.

Both wore the Bedouin dress and were provided with arms which were fastened into, or suspended from, their clothes.
Their woolly heads were protected by kerchiefs.

Their complexion was as brown as the bark of the pine-tree, their eyes big and sparkling, their lips full and red.

The one had a snub nose; the nose of the other was long and thin.