Note 282
The Third Kalandar’s Tale.
Hence the Arab. saying "The bark of a dog and not the gleam of a fire;" the tired traveller knows from the former that the camp is near, whereas the latter shows from great distances.
…en a camel's hoof would sink up to the knee.[FN#281] However I emboldened my soul and wading through the sand behold, a fire shone from afar burning with a blazing light.[FN#282] So I made for it hoping haply to find succour, and broke out into these verses:—
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