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With Kitchener in the Soudan

CHAPTER 8: Among The Dervishes
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See if one leaks more than the other." It was found that one held the water well, but from the other there was a steady drip.

They transferred the water from this to the sound bag.
"We must drink as little as we can, Zaki, and give the horses only a mouthful, now and then, and let them munch the shrubs and get a little moisture from them.

Do you think there is any fear of the Dervishes following our tracks ?" "No, my lord.

In the first place, they do not know that there are two of us, or that we are mounted.

When those who camped near us notice, when they get up this morning, that we have moved; they will only think that we have shifted our camp, as there was no talk of horsemen being concerned in this affair.


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