"Then it looked as if it would be rather a close thing, for I am sure the horses could not have gone much farther, if we had not found the water.

I wish we had a good feed to give them." "They will do very well on the bushes, my lord.

They get little else, when they are with the Arabs; a handful of durra, occasionally, when they are at work; but at other times they only get what they can pick up.

If their master is a good one, they may get a few dates.

They will carry us briskly enough to the river, tomorrow." They did not talk long, and were soon sound asleep.