y the rebound:

24.5 they stop at the bottom of the harness; thy reins are precipitated
and left behind; all fall down, thou passest on.

24.6 The horses break the pole and move it out of the path; you cannot
think of refastening them, cannot repair

24.7 them. The seats are precipitated from their places; the horses refuse
to be loaded with them. Thy heart fails thee. Thou beginnest to

24.8 reel; the sky is clear: thirst torments thee: the enemy is behind
thee, thou beginnest to quake;

25.1 a thorny bush hinders thee; thou placest it aside; the horses wound
themselves.

25.2 At this moment thou art stretched flat and beholdest the sad
satisfaction (of thy state?). Entering Joppa

25.3 thou seest a verdant enclosure in a ripe state. Thou makest an
opening for eating the fruit. Thou findest a pretty

25.4 young girl who takes care of the gardens: she yields herself to thee
as a companion, and yields to thee her secret charms.

25.5 Thou art perceived: thou art subjected to an interrogatory; thou art
recognized as a Mohar. Thy tie of

25.6 sweet servitude, is settled by a compromise. Each night thou liest
down; a rug of hair

25.7 is on thee: thou imprudently fallest asleep, a robber takes away thy
bow, thy dagger,

25.8 and thy quiver: thy reins are cut in the night, and thy horses run
away. Thy valet takes a sliding path: the road mounts before him, he
breaks

26.1 thy car in pieces ... thy armor-pieces fall on the ground.

26.2 They sink in the sand. Thou must have recourse to prayers, and thou
gettest puzzled in thy address. Give me victuals and water, and I

26.3 shall reach my safety. They pretend to be deaf, they do not listen:
they do not consent. Thou orderest:

26.4 "Pass to the forge! Pass through the workshops!" Workmen in wood and
metals and workmen in leather come before thee: they do

26.5 all thou wishest. They repair thy car, leaving aside all
unserviceable pieces: they nail on again

26.6 a new pole: they replace the fittings: they replace the leathers of
the harness, and at the back

26.7 they consolidate thy yoke: they replace the metallic ornaments: they
incrust the marquetry:

26.8 they put on the handle of thy whip and arrange the thongs. Thou
leavest very hastily

26.9 to fight at the perilous post; to perform valiant deeds.

_Section 5_

27.1 Mapou, O chosen scribe! Mohar, who knows his hand, conductor of the
Arunas, chief of Tsebaou, explorer of the most distant li