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Show .j p 1 111 1 . j III I T E.RUIII L.B ri2ttE0ttAisjCE! w.ifi i)AU u Eiis, ;s,cdiCPtps asb liisu-iiotS-iiuo.viiLa.-;, IV -WC A ' 'I"?i.T"if '- 7 ; A"i"cs!ro-r-aierV?glve;l following accpnnt if ;tbmopfj.the am.nj went of t'baillytiy;pjBce;arid(ft vfcitiit "hi .u fe.iV rnoraeuu tlie.tambbriucs wc 1. again in fuli;fde;;aua the shricktugai 1 yelling rte agmnr'cpjatVd,b'pt this tli) ' tbe-iiunbcrbf dairwrswaaiucl-eascd,, Oi ' of tbo Arab; took :A swdrdnujl'iutvii stripped io.b.is I'pui;;ran'.U,fpr' nearly' quarter of an hmli.intb liisstbmacfu twt ' big it rouud at the tame; time like p gtrntt 1 To a certala 'degfeeLibcrd wa't'ndecs ttbn'.in this, bnt , joe, Jthsenctf of. ;blo roused my spicion't that the swprd fitti Into an, old'tcar?ibhgwed for .the pt ' post, csp?cfally ' it was loirbduced titi ways, . J.'he"n he ran H'jntb thel'nopp. 1 bit neck in "tbe.'time, mat'ibcr, twirling round at before hot- still no blop'f olio , ed. Tbe tuvisible.'wbmen seemtd .pleat 1 at lb' feat, for i'nbtber 'lu, W, laV sw f td around us, and lha tbe frantic daccl r went on. Presetitlfouf; or five insti f meats, reseiaWlag hiekvltltcheh thovi j were brought in -red-bat, nd I felt' t sudden glow on my ftepMjlhey sw 6 taken patt mi. When the Arab bthi T these tbeu criet ebsnged istu'mnotl key, -and by their gesture they teem d like wild animalt eager?fbr- food? Et nifa took tht glowing iron, placed it the thorn part of-his head; and, lb stroked it caressingly with his. aak 1 lupd.- Daring this feat there wa a ti eiilng smell of burned ;ieshVnJia .lig d smoke arose from the skin of lb peror 0 er wheutiver the ruddy "metatbucbed J Th'eubaving licked-tbea' ll ;pvcr:-wl T their tongues they,plaeed them -lietw d thelr'lip; holding'- thek flrm' with tb teeth', and leaping for fewVt'mebts e higher in time-to the .'untiring thunder j the tyrapaua. A'largo,gcprplorfwaitn brought in ou oae of the tambouriuesa '? as I touched If With'a; ttiek';t.'ya te it darted tip Its poisonbn Hail, leaving' dtubt to Itsvliuilty.? Oaeof tbo An ! took;up the,reptile:by.tt.head, Ilcei In hlslroautbj . and" swallowed lt,taakui-r lt,taakui-r horrible cruUcblnt,nolCa in . the: process mastication. How he escaped the etlc , of (tatting is wore than Lean jmigii . but, at all eventa. the: unnatural 'm seemed to give )ilra.;uwJtif4'fdr thtni )r; deniag orgies. OnVpf the dancers n a! steppol forward with i dagger abon c foot in laogth, and .lifting upliis t;yo thrutt it some way-fn. just over, the e ball. and walked aboutyVjith tht wet thut apparently stickingbut of his c Tjien he drew It slowly .out, and the u at tay request; having handed it o for examinatibix,! found. that it was sh as a, "needle aud perfectly Mlid. i Toices of tbt, women ai' thit pi'riod, w " louder than I btdiiea'rd tbn before, 1 so long did the shrill; applause conttj that the A rnbs. looked' up hastily aud usb,' in Uia smt tort bf contemptn V tono with which ft'.chanfy-School tuai endeavors to Stop tht. tjlalttr of his fractory pupils, and thtt.obcdieut chc iottanily aubsided jUalf-ftHlown cae leaves were now brought fq, arid the ment t'beilancers perceUed (beio' they off tiieir-frantrc gesture aiid grove: liktfdbgs on their hand and kiftcs. a African cactni, of Balbary Dg(, grj i't.. round Jllgiert Into angular tree of )iq reel or to in height, 'ahdlbe leavet ril large fn proportion, being generally at id a feot long and half aici thick, and of an Inch In length:,. Tbesb prickles an as thick Mai druggot-pin at thri baeauij Very firm, ao. tliat the handling , of tba lea it a, matter of (difficulty and.paro; dni thoald the pqint tbt prickle break lii ti doing:, It forcet itself beneath the iklb out cae: tcrirlatlt ''Bpijy; ' TliP i'Afabi crtwled adroitly, toward '4ho juanl win btld tbe leaves bay togdike ibe dbga lb; lultafed; and; aa-ht- held one forth the; thmt their head forward andHopk rapii bite, 'devouring it'ieemtugly' without', b tlighteat3hc6nve'nlncpa?rho Hrte'ii floli expressed froia.the herb flowed 3d stream OTet'iheirlobir beardtj and 1 noticed tli wheHitheyflcctdcntly tdbched eucfi otb they gave- IoW gp wt like .cBf s vtM ar gorgiugV ."Thevipplos?ofthtf Invislb) ladiet war grentf but. by no menni o et tbutiasiic nt before, tbo tirabpuriuei wr igaiit silent; and the jicrfdrmcrs fell to tli ground ai if?, the superhuman stliuuliis t tlieir exertion had been renioyciLf.drti t dee( breath "at 1 left the honse,vlike on .who bat by a timely awaking been reliei ed. froin tbe:incbo'!6fj.40jnpfeVribl nightmare; aPd'fatVI threaded ;Bgnlu'lh narroiv ttrc'ttt's tlie .Tlfelicidutuigbt-al ccwttdVnd'refrcsbVd mt-n'"w-. "'V |