Neither moon nor stars were to be seen in the sky; and thick black clouds covered the whole canopy of the heavens.

It looked as though a rain-storm might be expected--still no rain had as yet fallen.
It was the intention of the travellers to halt at this place, and let their horses graze a while.

With this view they all dismounted; but, after trying one or two places, they could find no grass! This appeared strange, as they had certainly observed grass at that very spot the day before.

Now there was none! The horses put their noses to the ground, but raised them up again, snorting as they did so, and evidently disappointed.

They were hungry enough to have eaten grass had there been any, for they eagerly snatched at the leaves of the bushes as they passed along! Had the locusts been there also?
No.