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Show ARABIAN SUPERSTITION. The Sherrari are considered the finest fin-est hunters and Irack rs in Arabia, and tho equal of any other two .Vain In a flsht. They are also eiv g uj shots I w.ls surprli-ed at the skill a one-eyed Sherrari exhibited with hi; rifle. Eventually I employed tiiis "i.'v. clops" of thL. desert as a b. inter, and , we weni off in search of tare desert animals, such as ihe "wild cow." m fabled iinlioni. This beast lives In the mot desolate localities, and the has always been a certain amount ol mystery bout its haunts. The hunter was exceedingly keen, and wlienevel he found any tract. of the antelope In the sand ho first of all decided tin li ago and then to test whether It was worth while following them or not. 1m tried bis luck in the folowlns manner. man-ner. Smoothing out a semicircle "f sand he made at hazard, with his finx-ers, finx-ers, innumerable marks in rows on the sand. Then he "cut" and counted off to tho lefL If it was an odd num-lr num-lr it was a good sign, if even, it was bad. These desert men are so superstitious that they always do this before embarking on any venture. I have seen a whole crowd of men co down on their knees in the 6and and begin counting away as though their lives depended upon it, in order to find out if tho Bedouians they had seen on the horizon were friends or foes! |