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Bones IN THE DEsEKr.-lhe ACCUSTOMED
route NJ. Dumas ssys) Is marked oy a white
line Of bleacheo bones extending 10 the horizon.
T'ns extraordinary circumstance, IT may well DE
supposed, aroused all my attention. called -
Becharu, who, however, cid not wait Tor my
question, for he at once read my desire in my
obvious asto eisnment. "The oIomedary," said
ne, coming 10 my side and conmenc!ng the
story without preface, " is not so trouolesome
and Impoftunste an animal horse. He con-
rnuss h!s course without stopping, without eat-
ing, without cnDkins-notnlng about him be-
trsys sickness, hunger or exhaustion. The Arab
who can hear from such dis'aIce the roar oi z
lion, ihs neigh Of horse, or the noise of men.
hsara nothing from MS hoghim bus It's quickened
o. lenrtbened respiretion, 1t never uIters COM
plant or gtasn. But when nature ls van
pushed by .ufFering-when privations have ex-
hausted It's s,Ieugth-w hen life is obbing, the
dromedary kneels down, stretches out lis neck,
and closes It's eyes, It's master then knows ali
n over. He dsmounts, and without any attempt
10 make it rise, for he kno o1s the honesty oil lis
nature, and never suspects II OF deception or la
ziness, he removes tbs SADDLE and places It on
the back OF another dromedary and departs,
abandoning the ono that is longer able 10 ac-
company hun. When night approaches, the
jack.ls and byenas, attracted oy the scent, come
uo and attack the animal Til nothing ls left bu;
the skelston."


We are now on the highway from Cairo and
Mecca; twice a year the caravans 60 and return
By this route; and these bones sosDumerous
and so constantly reelenished, that the tempests
of the desert never enticeiy dispesse them:
these bones, which, without GUIDE, would lead
you TO the oases, Ihe wells and fountains. where
the Arabs find shade ana water, and would end
by conducting you to the tomb Of the Prophet;
these bones are those OF dfome duries which per.
ish in the desert. If you look attenuvely you
will see some bones smaller IN size, and Of u dit
ferent conformation. Thee, 100, are the wrecks
of wear.ed bodies that have fouud repose before
they reached The goal. They ave the bones o
believers who des Ted 10 Obey tue Prophets com
mxno. that ali ,he faithful shall, once in their
lives, psrivrn The holy journey; aud who, hav
ing been 100 long ceterfe1 iron undertaking IL
by cares or pleasures, com mence their pilgrimage
81 In'e on sarth, that they Obliged 10 finish II
in Heaven. Add TO these some stspid Turk or
bloa,ed eonoch, who sleeping when nc ought to
have his eyss open, has fallen and broken his
neck; give the psgue S share, which often
decimass caravan, and the simoon, which
oiten destroys one, aud you Will readily that
these funeral guide posts are panled with saffi.
cient frequency TO esetve the road IN coed or
der, and point out To the children the route
pursued by Their fathers.


fQunze JoWs on Sinai. by NJ. Dumas.