MAN DROWNED. Ay 
tied under his throat to prevent his head from going under, 
and the free end of the second rope tied to his neck. A 
third rope which was attached to the animal was dragged 
by an army of boys from the opposite bank. As soon as 
the camel was lifted into the swift current, the boys on 
the opposite side pulled as fast as they could. The camel 
held his head up as he sped down the current; but as the 
rope tightened, and the men commenced to haul the ani- 
mal up-stream, his head disappeared under water for some 
fifteen seconds; but now there was a splash and a bit of 
floundering, and the camel was safely landed in spite of his 
ducking. A chorus of cheers went up, as, after all our 
trouble, we had at last found a plan for crossing. We 
landed eleven camels before dark. 
“ dugust 31. The work of transporting went on merrily. 
Sixty-five camels were taken across, and four companies 
landed the stores in their charge. There was much sing- 
ing and shouting, but the amount of work my boys accom- 
plished was prodigious. On occasions of this kind the 
Somalis are often excellent workers, but they must do 
everything after their own fashion. They must be kept 
merry and cheerful. In the afternoon, one of my poor 
camel-boys, Dualla Farrah, who was a bad swimmer, lost 
his grip on the rope while he was attempting to cross, and 
was swept away and drowned before help could reach him. 
I was surprised at the cool way his companions regarded 
this catastrophe. They said it was simply the will of 
Allah, and that they were not going to think more about 
it. This Dualla Farrah was the same man the fortune- 
teller, Goolaed Farrah, had predicted would not be with us 
long.” 
The rest of the camels, forty-five in number, and the 
goods, were taken over the next morning, and then came 
the turn for the ponies and mules. Fred’s pony was landed 
