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The sulphur-like pollen of the pitch pine soon covered the pond and the stones and rotten wood along the shore, so that you could have collected a barrelful. This is the "sulphur showers" we bear of. Even in Calidas' drama of Sacontala, we read of "rills dyed yellow with the golden dust of the lotus." And so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass.
In time, however, even this unmanageable crew were satisfied; and, seated under their plane-tree, and stuffing themselves with all the dainties of the East, they became more amiable as their appetites decreased. 'A bumper, Calidas, and a song, said Kisloch. ''Tis rare stuff, said the Guebre; 'come, Cally, it should inspire you. 'Here goes, then; mind the chorus.
'Let me die for the Ark! said a young enthusiast of the band of Abner. 'I thought we should get into a scrape, whispered Kisloch the Kourd to Calidas the Indian. 'What could have ever induced us to give up robbing in a quiet manner? 'And turn Jews! said the Guebre, with a sneer. 'Look at Scherirah, said the Negro, grinning. 'If he is not kissing the sceptre of Solomon!
'I am a Hadgee, said our old friend Abdallah, the servant of the charitable merchant Ali, and who was this day one of the officiating stewards. 'Are you a Jew, you scoundrel? said the Guebre, 'that is the only thing worth being. Bring some wine, you accursed Giaour! 'Instantly, said Kisloch, 'and a pilau. 'And a gazelle stuffed with almonds, said Calidas.
'And I humane, said Calidas the Indian. 'Fellow, how dare you violate the proclamation, by thrashing that child? He turned to one of the stewards of the table, who was belabouring the unfortunate driver of a camel which had stumbled and in its fall had shivered its burden, two panniers of porcelain.
A fortnight passed away without the approach of any stranger; at the end of which, there arrived four personages at their haunt, not very welcome to their chief, who, however, concealed his chagrin at their appearance. These were Kisloch the Kourd, and Calidas the Indian, and their inseparable companions, the Guebre and the Negro.
'Where are you going, you accursed scoundrels? grumbled Kisloch; 'wait upon the true believers. 'We shall be more free alone, whispered Calidas. 'Away, then, dogs, growled Kisloch. Abdallah and his attendants hurried off, but were soon summoned back. 'Why did you not bring Schiraz wine? asked Calidas, with an eye of fire. 'The pilau is overdone, thundered Kisloch.
The natives call the three zones into which they divide their country the Tierras Calidas, or hot countries rising not more that 2000 feet above the sea, and in which only tropical plants and fruits flourish; the Tierras Templadas, or temperate country from 2000 to 7000 feet above the sea, where the agricultural productions of Europe succeed best; and the Tierras Frias, or cold countries which rise above the former, to the height of 15,000 feet, the summits of the mountains reaching 148 feet above the snow-line.
Calidas the Indian, the Guebre, and the Negro, and a few congenial spirits, were not eclipsed in the satisfactory character of their evidence by the luminous testimony of Kisloch the Kourd.
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