ex-dragoman

Updated: August 22, 2026

Such preliminary matters having been arranged by correspondence, Smith, after a few days spent in the Museum at Cairo, took the night train to Luxor, where he found his head-man, an ex-dragoman named Mahomet, waiting for him and his fellaheen labourers already hired. There were but forty of them, for his was a comparatively small venture.

Henry Rider Haggard - Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales