CHARLOTTETOWN, MAY 16, 1898

A SEA OF FLAME.

On the evening of November, 28th, 1878 a fire broke out in the British ship Melanie, Joaded with soo barrels of petroleum. An awful mass of flames shot up from the main hatch and the vessel quivered from stem to stern with explosion of the barrels. Her

wnen tne meal was over, a acteristic ceremony was enacted. J calf only a few days old was led into the open space and killed with a sword,

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agi ¢ » | s opened and the Llazin etrole ntti eed a into the riv edtalin roe tinct, every man who was to accom- u . a he — g pany the expedition stepped solemnly of fire around her. T'e ‘na-ter and seamen ; ‘ over the body, which was then burned,

jumped ove rboard ( tain Sharp, whose vessel was lying close propelled a small boat through the )!azing river and after a severe scorching timinent peril, saved the seamen from a rorrible death.

so that no dog or other unclean beast might eat any part of the flesh. This is supposed to bring good fortune, and an Arab army could not be induced to

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All over civilizatiou there are thousands take the field without first observing | of men in more imminent danger than were the sacrificial rite. The calf safely

cremated, the men immediately mount- ed their camels and horses and wheeled into line. Then Abou Kuram, going to the front, delivered a short oration on the glory of war and the bravery of his soldiers, which evoked uproarious applause from the flattered.

Ere it died away the kettledrums were rattling and the cymbals clash- ing the advance, and, amid vociferous cries of ‘‘Gced save Abou Kuram: God give the victury to Abou Kuram.” the strangely-assorted troops swung slow- ly into line. The huge serpentine pro- ce@sion wound tediously through the narrow, tortuous streets, in which twe camelmen found it hard to march abreast, but its tardy coilings were en- livened by the caperings and shoutings of the mob who ran in front of us and hung on our heels, and, to their own immediate peril, squeezed and pressed on both sides of @s.

On the outskirts of the town the people stopped, finding the pace on the Open ground beyond their capacity in

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running, so they stood there and yei ed themselves hoarse with and good wishes, which we ledged with resounding cheers. As we deployed into open order for great- er ease in marching, I caught a last glimpse of Said Achmet, who apart, waving his hands as if to sig- nify he had a double interest in the receding column. Both Tabal and my- self waved our adieu in return, and * from me there went with it a heart- felt benediction.

CHAPTER XVII. THE MARCH.

The details of the march need not be narrated at length. Our journey lay over scarred and blighted ground, and across sandy plains, and in and out among circular sandhills—loose, impermanent heaps, which the winds of the desert twist and curve and fling about in their wanton, lonely sport; desolate heaps that hide, the bones of the perished traveller, and are forever moving their formless lips with a si- lent, stealthy motion, to suck in and overwhelm the living. No man knows the deep treachery of mother earth till he has wrestled with the noiseless forces of the desert. however,

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witn their grunting beasts. bakers were busy with the compound they called bread. ily swallowed mouthfuls of it Straight off the burning coals, with a few dates and a drink of musty water apiece, and were off again.

For awhile the air was deliciously cool and refreshing, and the glories of the opening day in the lone wilderness as the sun broke through his curtain of white mist were such as a man be- with awe and remembers with reverence. gut the blazing orb soon the dewy freshness to a swel- blistering heat that was try- ; the nerves and temper of men toiling through shifting sands and conical tumuli of voleanic slag. Yet no man complained, only as we mopped

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eur streaming faces the conversation lagged, and here and there a man gave a low involuntary moan. Save such intermittent noises and the dreary, monotonous, sift, sift, sift, of animals’ feet in the sand, there was not a sound. When the sun mounts in his might, desert traveHers are apt to fall | silent.

Toward noon, when we had almost

reached the point of utter dissolution, we gained the-.crest of a low ridge, whence, looking to the north-west, we Saw what evoked a cry of gladness from nearly every throat in the com- pany. It was an oasis, a tiny spot

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