“When the moon rose I saw a campfire burning on the plain,and went towards it.A company of merchants were seated round it on carpets.Their camels were picketed behind them,and the negroes who were their servants were pitching tents of tanned skin upon the sand,and making a high wall of the prickly pear.
“As I came near them,the chief of the merchants rose up and drew his sword and asked me my business.
