I must have been delirious, I suppose, for they tell me that they heard my voice, singing hymns, a long way off, and it was that, under the providence of God, which brought them to me.

They had a camel ambulance, and I was quite myself again by next day.

I came with the Sarras people after we met them, because they have the doctor with them.

My wound is nothing, and he says that a man of my habit will be the better for the loss of blood.
And now, my friends"-- his big, brown eyes lost their twinkle, and became very solemn and reverent--"we have all been upon the very confines of death, and our dear companions may be so at this instant.

The same Power which saved us may save them, and let us pray together that it may be so, always remembering that if, in spite of our prayers, it should _not_ be so, then that also must be accepted as the best and wisest thing." So they knelt together among the black rocks, and prayed as some of them had never prayed before.