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hope that on his return he might resume his search with better success.
After we had smoothed the ruffled plumage of the warrior of our camp, we gave ourselves up to the peace of the hour. The night was beautiful; the firmament was glorious with stars: never had they shone more brilliantly in all our wanderings on the desert. We stood as it were on the top of the round world, over which the heavens were bending for protection. It seemed as if a spot thus heaven-enclosed must be intended only for the abode of purity and peace; as if this must be a world where sin and sorrow could not come; where man could not lift his hand against his brother; and there was no such thing as robbery and crime.
