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Away we went, helter-skelter, and once more got safely within the compass of our sheltering walls, though not until I who, of course, had to be last in seeking cover had been overtaken and surrounded by some half-a-dozen furious blacks, two of whom I succeeded in disabling with my sword, whilst the remaining four were promptly placed hors-de- combat by the muskets of those who were covering our retreat.
It is still customary in Arabia during the furious tribal fights, the duello on a magnificent scale which often ends in half the combatants on either side being placed hors-de- combat. Mohammed was made to prophecy of them under the title Banu Kanturah, the latter being a slave-girl of Abraham. A wretched Turk is thy heart's desire; And to them thou showest thee dam and sire.
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