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Golah then proceeded to serve out some cheni to every individual on the ground, but none was given to the woman who had aroused his anger, nor to Colin. In the sheik's opinion, to have offered them food would have been an act as foolish as to have poured it upon the sands. Food was intended to sustain life, and it was not designed by him that they should live much longer.
Now that the white slaves were secured, no danger was apprehended from the others; and the two who had been guarding them retired to the shade of a tent to refresh themselves with a drink of cheni. While the brief conversation above related was being held, Golah had become busily engaged in overhauling the lading of one of his camels.
Weak, and exhausted with hunger and fatigue, the thoughts of the captives were not of the future, but of present repose; which was eagerly sought, and readily found, by all four of them. An hour before sunrise the next morning, the slaves were given some cheni to drink, and then started on their journey.
The two sheiks alone got anything like what might have been deemed an ordinary breakfast; while the more common class, as the half-breeds, hassanes; and the negro slaves had to content themselves with less than a pint of sour milk to each, half of which was water, the mixture denominated cheni. Could this meal be meant for breakfast? Harry Blount and Terence thought not.
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