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Meanwhile, instead of going to sleep, the subjects of the experiment were straining their eyes. "Up to the present," said Foureau, "it is not funny. Begin. I am going away for a minute." And he came back smoking an Abd-el-Kader, the last that was left from the gate with the pipes. Pécuchet recalled to mind an admirable method of magnetising.
At first he said it was of no use, as it only felt like cold water, but when it began to burn, he was greatly amazed, and said the cold water had turned to fire. "I then physicked Colonel Abd-el-Kader and Monsoor, both of whom were overheated. "A judicious present of a few blue shirts to certain headmen put every one in good humour. "February 18.
They had come to the court of the mosque, which had on one side an entrance to the private house of the marabout, the great Sidi El Hadj Mohammed ben Abd-el-Kader. "Lella Saïda, oh light of the young moon, if it please thee, thou hast two guests come from very far off," announced an old negress to the woman who had been looking out over the golden silence of the desert.
I gathered from what I heard that our party had advanced nearly as far north as it was considered prudent to go, as the country beyond was held by the infidels, or by tribes on friendly terms with them; that the great chief, Abd-el-Kader, having been captured, his hordes were dispersed; and that the tribe from which the Bu Saef had been stolen was now encamped at no great distance from where we were.
The Arabs seldom take prisoners, and I greatly fear that he has been dragged into the desert and killed." "Do you, perhaps, know of what race the Bedouins were who attacked the expedition?" inquired Monte-Cristo, considering. "If I am not mistaken, they were Yavaregs." "Tell me what you think of the capture of Abd-el-Kader. Are you now of opinion that Algiers will be pacified?"
Lamoricière, Cavaignac, and Bedeau wrote pressing letters for reinforcements, and urged the return of Bugeaud. The most formidable foe of Abd-el-Kader reached the scene of action in October, 1845, bringing fresh forces, and in a week he took the field at the head of a hundred twenty thousand men.
A noble life, whose course belongs to the subject of these pages, is, while they are preparing, apparently drawing to a close. The severe illness now reported of Abd-el-Kader, coming upon old age, disappointment, war and the lassitude of a great purpose foiled, can have but one result.
They made another attempt by night to surprise the cattle kraal, but Colonel Abd-el-Kader immediately set fire to a few villages as a response and warning. We were occupied four days in passing the cattle across the river. During the passage, we lost one taken by a crocodile, and three cows were wantonly seized and drowned by hippopotami.
Late in the evening, the act of incendiarism of the preceding night was renewed, and the deserted house of Colonel Abd-el-Kader was in a bright blaze without a native being visible. No yells were heard, nor any other sound. The troops turned out with their usual quiet discipline, but not a shot was fired. The 13th June arrived. Still there were no tidings of either Umbogo, Ramadan, or Hafiz.
The first force, headed by Bugeaud in person, marched along the valley of the Chéliff, and then joined the second column under Changarnier, coming from Blida. The third body, under Lamoricière, aimed at pushing Abd-el-Kader back to the south in order to separate him from the tribes assailed by Changarnier and Bugeaud.
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