Now that theupper reaches of both Niles have been closed to me by the Dervish, Ihave been forced to restrict my business activities to Abyssinia andEquatoria. But the Dervish were not beaten. Asthey rode past the first trees of the grove, he saw that he had beenmistaken; this was not a field of dhurra but a dense stand ofsecond-growth palmetto. They turned thehobbled camels loose to graze, and built a small cooking fire.
They kept pilingup the heavy material until it reached just below the top of the wall. Ahmed was a born scholar, hungry for knowledge. Well, skipper, that'sabout the best I can do. Courtney, for the city is crawling with Dervish spies.
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