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If we journey too far south to avoid him we lose at least a day and tire our camels out. A forced march now would mean that we must feed the camels corn, and we have none too much of it with us; whereas tomorrow the grazing will be passable, and farther on, where the grazing is poor, we shall need the corn." "Wallah! The man knows." "Inshalla, let there be a fight then!"
Now what did you get out of her?" "She said wallah! "And she said what made us think that the great sheikh will take us to Petra, and we said because he had promised, but he may be a big liar and we don't know yet." "What kind of woman is she?" Grim asked. "A big fat woman with a belly like two waterbags one on top of the other, thus!" "What is her name?"
"Nevertheless, we should take some women to keep as hostages against the time when a blood-feud begins." "And surely we shall carry off some camels." "Aye! They have a horse or two as well. Abbas Mahommed trades with El-Kerak, and only last month acquired a fine brown mare that caught my eye." "What are fifty men! We can fight twice fifty of such spawn as the Beni Yussuf." "Wallah!
We are all outside the village cane fence, every man of us looking as spruce, as neat, and happy as when we embarked on the dhows at Zanzibar, which seems to us to have been ages ago we have witnessed and experienced so much. "Forward!" "Ay Wallah, ay Wallah, bana yango!" and the lighthearted braves stride away at a rate which must soon bring us within view of Ujiji.
Sometime after we had encamped three young men arrived from the Wallah wallah Village bringing with them a Steel trap belonging to one of our party which had been negligently left behind; this is an act of integrity rearly witnessed among Indians. dureing our Stay with them they Several times found the knives of the men which had been Carefully lossed by them and returned them.
O pacha! doth not Hafiz say, 'Every moment you enjoy, count it gain. Who can say what will be the event of anything?" "Wallah thaib! well said, by Allah! Then why a book, if the book is sealed?" "Yet there are wise men who can read our Kismet, and foretell." "Yes, very true; but I have observed that it is not until after an event has happened, that they tell you of it. What are these astrologers?
Shall we not indulge this evening in the water of the Giaour?" "What saith Hafiz? It is for wine to exalt men, and raise them beyond uncertainty and doubt. It overfloweth us with courage, and imparts visions of bliss." "Wallah Thaib, it is well said, Mustapha," said the pacha, taking a cup of coffee, presented by the Greek slave. Mustapha also received his cup.
We set fire to the thatch, and thereafter act as seems fit, slaying some and letting others escape!" * To call any one an Egyptian is an Arab's notion of a perfect insult. "Wallah! Let us ride straight through the village, set a light to it, and run," suggested Mujrim. "There isn't a woman in that place I would burden a camel with."
Prior to the year 1858, I may here explain, on a youngster being nominated to a naval cadetship he was appointed to a sea-going ship at once, going afloat there and then without any preliminary examination and the roundabout routine subsequently enjoined, wisely or not, by "My Lords" when the "competition wallah" system came in vogue.
My friend, the bottlee wallah, though very civil, could not afford me the information I required, nor have I yet been able to obtain it. I have seen some handsome jars, plates such as are used in England for the deposit of visitors' cards, &c., which were purchased for a few annas, and have been told that I might procure any quantity I pleased, but the where is still a mystery.
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