Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 209W. Blackwood, 1921 - England |
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Page 30
... taken place at that spot , situ- ated some eight or nine miles away , I rode out toward the middle of the day in that direction , accompanied by my native groom , whose parents lived at Zinat , and who was most anxious as to the safety ...
... taken place at that spot , situ- ated some eight or nine miles away , I rode out toward the middle of the day in that direction , accompanied by my native groom , whose parents lived at Zinat , and who was most anxious as to the safety ...
Page 31
... taken to him . He was seated under some olive - trees in a little gully , surrounded by his men and by the headmen of the neighbouring tribes , who had collected on learning what had taken place . ceived me pleasantly enough . He was ...
... taken to him . He was seated under some olive - trees in a little gully , surrounded by his men and by the headmen of the neighbouring tribes , who had collected on learning what had taken place . ceived me pleasantly enough . He was ...
Page 36
... taken down to a gully below the village to be shown the corpse of a Moorish cavalry soldier who had been killed during the engagement . In revenge for the beheading of the Zinat man who had been killed , the tribes- men had mutilated ...
... taken down to a gully below the village to be shown the corpse of a Moorish cavalry soldier who had been killed during the engagement . In revenge for the beheading of the Zinat man who had been killed , the tribes- men had mutilated ...
Page 37
... taken to render it clean and habitable . The best of such food as was procurable was given me - milk and cream- cheese , and a rough porridge of sour milk and millet . His followers - for Duas is not above being a cattle - robber on a ...
... taken to render it clean and habitable . The best of such food as was procurable was given me - milk and cream- cheese , and a rough porridge of sour milk and millet . His followers - for Duas is not above being a cattle - robber on a ...
Page 43
... taken back to the camp . By this time the army had used up all their shells and nearly all their cartridges . Even a re- serve force , hidden in a river- bed a mile in the rear , had been It was well on in the after- noon now , and the ...
... taken back to the camp . By this time the army had used up all their shells and nearly all their cartridges . Even a re- serve force , hidden in a river- bed a mile in the rear , had been It was well on in the after- noon now , and the ...
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