Ten miles away ran the track of the caravan where his herdsmen had found a traveler dead from the fierce heat of the desert.

Yonder the desert and a dying traveler; here an oasis with living water.

Then the sheik arose; he bade his servants fill two leathern water-bottles and bring a basket full of figs and grapes.

The next day a caravan came to a booth protecting two water-bottles sunk in the sand.

Beside them were bunches of fruit.