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 PUNISHMENT OF THE REBELS 89 the tongues of the rest, and the enemy's camp was discovered. A patrol of some forty men cautiously went forward and viewed the tents, with the men drinking and singing and washing their clothes, the elephants AN INDIAN BOAT. browsing on the branches of the trees, the horses and cattle grazing. There was no time to go back for rein- forcements Tughril would be off with the dawn and into this scene of idyllic peace the handful of troopers burst like a mountain torrent. Drawing their swords