"Drink," he said.

The Arab drank greedily, and, when he had finished, gave a long sigh of satisfaction.

"Let him sit," David added.
When the man was seated on a sheepskin, the huge Mahommed squatting behind like a sentinel, David questioned him.

"What is thy name--thy news ?" he asked in Arabic.
"I am called Feroog.

I come from Ebn Ezra Bey, to whom be peace!" he answered.