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A DESERT RIDE. 67
which was fixed on my helmet as a protection against
th e sun, satura ted it with th e brandy , and set fire to
it on a heap of brushwood. The flame rose sudde nly,
and the brushwood caugh t fire and cont inued the
blaze. I fired two or three shots, sending the bullets
whistling after our pursuers. At the same time we
walk ed our horses between th em and th e fire, and
danced round it, so that we migh t seem more numerous
than we were. Th en we galloped back in th e da rkness
to the road, and crossed out into the desert on
the oth er side.
10. The ruse succeeded splendidly. The fire burnt
itself out quickly, but th e Beduwin hurried back to
th e spot where th ey had seen it. We heard th em
leave th e road, and pass with much noise through
the brushwood. Knowing that our path was now
free, we returned to it, and sped as fast as we could
on our way to Karyetein. We were both profoundly
thankful that we had escaped a real da nger, and that
we had not been obliged to shed the blood even of
desert cut-throats.
whin~n ied
de-prived '
cir'-euit
roused
ba~bel
miil~led
dis-tinctqy
pur-su-ers
drom-e-da-ries
rea-son-a-ble
breech-load-ers
re-volv-ers
re-veal'
in-duced'
sat-u-rat-ed
ruse
'YORn ExERCISE:-
I. how th e connec tion between discover and uncover, and make
sentences showing their uses.
2. Give a list of word s form ed from th e root of induce, with various
prefixes, and give the ir meanin gs.
3. :\Iak e sentences containing th e words splendid, splendour, and
resplend ent, and trac e the connec tion of t he words.
For NOTES, Bee ]XJ{le !e59.