تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.47.6

13.47.6

Around noon we heard talking by the pool, and they thought it was their companions, so they signalled to me to go down with them. We went down and found some other people, and they urged them to go along with them, but they refused. The three of them sat down in front of me, with me facing them, and they laid on the ground a hemp rope they had with them. I watched them and said to myself: "With this rope they will tie me up when they kill me." I remained like that for an hour; then three of their companions, those who had captured me, came and spoke with them, and I understood that they were saying to them: "Why have you not killed him?" The old man pointed to the black man, as if excusing himself by his illness! One of these three was a young man with a handsome face, and he said to me: