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[5] They refilled their containers from a hollow in the ground, and again with a four days' supply in hand marched for four days and came out of the desert.1 At one point, when their road could not be traced because of the sand dunes, the guide pointed out to the king that crows cawing on their right were calling their attention to the route which led to the temple.2

1 The four days are mentioned by Curtius 4.7.15.

2 The crows come from Aristobulus; Arrian. 3.3.6; cp. Curtius 4.7.15; Plut. Alexander 27.2-3.

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