“When the Arabs untied him and carried him aboard the dahabeeyeh, a low, single-masted boat with a little cabin in the back, he was half delirious and muttering, ‘Beer... beer... ’ Fortunately they seemed to recognise the word, and brought him a jug of what was, blessedly and unmistakably, beer.”

“When the Arabs untied him and carried him aboard the dahabeeyeh, a low, single-masted boat with a little cabin in the back, he was half delirious and muttering, ‘Beer... beer... ’ Fortunately they seemed to recognise the word, and brought him a jug of what was, blessedly and unmistakably, beer.”

— Tim Powers