DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11448#0234
200
THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.
[chap. xx.
interior, and that articles of English manufacture were inquired
for by the remotest savages with whom he dealt.
We proceeded, in company with our travelled friend, to ex-
plore a temple that was nearly buried in sand. There are
about twenty columns, some painted, some sculptured, and we
determined on sending to Wady Haifa for men to excavate it.
A change of wind coming on, however, changed our purpose ;
and we took an affectionate leave of our mercantile friend
(who, we found out afterwards, had taken us in, in every ar-
ticle we had purchased from him).
The men now fairly betook themselves to their oars, and, rais-
ing their wild, enthusiastic song, began the homeward voyage.
THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.
[chap. xx.
interior, and that articles of English manufacture were inquired
for by the remotest savages with whom he dealt.
We proceeded, in company with our travelled friend, to ex-
plore a temple that was nearly buried in sand. There are
about twenty columns, some painted, some sculptured, and we
determined on sending to Wady Haifa for men to excavate it.
A change of wind coming on, however, changed our purpose ;
and we took an affectionate leave of our mercantile friend
(who, we found out afterwards, had taken us in, in every ar-
ticle we had purchased from him).
The men now fairly betook themselves to their oars, and, rais-
ing their wild, enthusiastic song, began the homeward voyage.