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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.
the emblem of helplessness. At first he ran back a
little way from us ; then stopped; and apparently
feeling the loneliness of his condition, returned and
followed us, and in a few moments was under the
feet of the camels, a part of our caravan unwit-
tingly moving to the slaughter. The tent was
hardly pitched before he lay bleeding on the
ground; and the fire was no sooner kindled than
his entrails, liver, &c. were in the burning brush ;
and in a few moments the Arabs were greedily
devouring the meal into which he had been so
speedily converted. The whole scene which I
have before described was repeated; and, as be-
fore, in the morning the skin was the only part of
the lamb to be seen.
One thing in the sheik was particularly disagreea-
ble. He was constantly talking with Paul about the
sacrifice he made in accompanying me; his con-
fident expectation that I would pay him well for it,
and the generosity of Mr. Linant; always wind-
ing up with asking what bucksheesh I intended to
give him. Paul told me all that passed, and it
was evident that the sheik and his men were ma-
king extravagant calculations. I had estimated
with Mr. Gliddon the probable expenses to Jeru-
salem, founded upon the rate of hire for camels
which the sheik had named at Cairo ; and as it was
not beyond the range of possibilities that I should
be stripped on the way, I had brought with me
barely enough to cover my probable expenses;
and consequently I saw that my means were very
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.
the emblem of helplessness. At first he ran back a
little way from us ; then stopped; and apparently
feeling the loneliness of his condition, returned and
followed us, and in a few moments was under the
feet of the camels, a part of our caravan unwit-
tingly moving to the slaughter. The tent was
hardly pitched before he lay bleeding on the
ground; and the fire was no sooner kindled than
his entrails, liver, &c. were in the burning brush ;
and in a few moments the Arabs were greedily
devouring the meal into which he had been so
speedily converted. The whole scene which I
have before described was repeated; and, as be-
fore, in the morning the skin was the only part of
the lamb to be seen.
One thing in the sheik was particularly disagreea-
ble. He was constantly talking with Paul about the
sacrifice he made in accompanying me; his con-
fident expectation that I would pay him well for it,
and the generosity of Mr. Linant; always wind-
ing up with asking what bucksheesh I intended to
give him. Paul told me all that passed, and it
was evident that the sheik and his men were ma-
king extravagant calculations. I had estimated
with Mr. Gliddon the probable expenses to Jeru-
salem, founded upon the rate of hire for camels
which the sheik had named at Cairo ; and as it was
not beyond the range of possibilities that I should
be stripped on the way, I had brought with me
barely enough to cover my probable expenses;
and consequently I saw that my means were very