They handled cutlasses which were forked into several branches like antelopes' horns, bills fastened to the ends of ropes, iron triangles, clubs and bodkins.
The Ethiopians from the Bambotus had little poisoned darts hidden in their hair.

Many had brought pebbles in bags.

Others, empty handed, chattered with their teeth.
This multitude was stirred with a ceaseless swell.

Dromedaries, smeared all over with tar-like streaks, knocked down the women, who carried their children on their hips.

The provisions in the baskets were pouring out; in walking, pieces of salt, parcels of gum, rotten dates, and gourou nuts were crushed underfoot; and sometimes on vermin-covered bosoms there would hang a slender cord supporting a diamond that the Satraps had sought, an almost fabulous stone, sufficient to purchase an empire.