They could not run him down, because if their canoe were to touch a human being their power over men would be lost.
Just then, when they were pausing, wondering what to do, they heard the cry of a baby come from the woods on the shore.
Then one of the giants stood up and chanted to the swimmer a message from the great God that, because he had bravely held out against all their threats in order that his child should be the son of a clean father, he should never die, but should remain for ever as a reminder to other warriors to do their duty, and to obey the law of the tribe. And his wife and child, too, should be for ever near him.
So the moment he touched the shore he became the great upright rock, now called the Siwash Rock. And a short distance from him, in the woods, are two more rocks, a big one and a little one beside it—his wife and child.
They are monuments to the Indian belief that those who do their duty in spite of any difficulty or danger are the best men and the greatest heroes.
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TUNIS.
The Souks.
Perhaps you do not know what a "souk" is?
Imagine yourself in a long, narrow tunnel lit with skylights here and there, with small open shops along either side. That is what one of the "souks" or bazaars in Tunis is like.