As they passed the large edifice of the Beit el Maithere was a disturbance down the street ahead of them. They rode out into the mountains and came back with armfuls of flowers,still talking. Little else mattered. Saffron reached the bird first.
From the toweringheights he glassed the town below, and saw immediately that hisinstinct had been true. The animal was so heavily ladenwith waterskins and bags of dhurra bread that its legs splayedoutwards. Aninteresting feature of this ancient organization was that nearlyevery uji had a fixed occupation which was hereditary, the name ofthe occupation being prefixed to that of the uji. With an obvious effort Gordon regained his equanimity.
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