Chapter 15
GARNIER ROSE ABOVE the cornice where he was ambushed. After a while he took his binoculars and toured with them all the upper contour of the cliff where his men were huddled. He had instructed them to keep looking at him so he could give them guidance about the effectiveness of their coverage. The Frenchman made signals to a couple of warriors who were badly camouflaged and therefore could be detected by the explorers that undoubtedly Abboud al Kader had sent at the forefront of his troops. The men hid responding to his signals. Once he was satisfied about the adequacy of their ambush Garnier lay on the ground near the edge of the reef and began to wait.
The first signs were some blurry clouds of dust in the opposite entrance of the gorge. With his binoculars Alain could slowl
