Part 316 of 4650 from book69
The anchor is solidly fastened and there is nothing to fear in that respect.book43 So in the marketplace there reigns perpetual excitement a nameless hubbub made up of the cries of mixedbreed porters and carriers the beating of drums and the twanging of horns the neighing of mules the braying of donkeys the singing of women the squalling of children and the banging of the huge rattan wielded by the jemadar or leader of the caravans who beats time to this pastoral symphony. The balloon having meanwhile gradually approached the ground one of the anchors lodged in the top of a tree near the marketplace.... more