The square was again heavily attacked, but the Arabs could not get to close quarters and in the evening a bivouac was formed on the Nile.
By evening it was expected that the whole would have crossed the Sambre, and would bivouac between the sundered allies.
It seems scarcely to know fear, obtruding itself on the notice of any traveller who invades its haunts, and, should he halt, making itself at once a denizen of his bivouac. In confinement it speedily becomes friendly, but suitable food for it is not easily found.
After a forced bivouac on the ridge, they descended the next day before returning to Gangotri the day after.
You will require two good days of fine weather to attempt the traverse including one overnight bivouac on the ridge.
