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Ins indulgence in a bath and clean clothing 

 before going on board, lest he should carry 

 with him some of the many little entomological 

 specimens that had accompanied him from 

 Mecca, and wherewith his garments seemingly 

 abounded. Whether my suggestions were at- 

 tended to or not I cannot say, but I took care 

 to give my friend the Hadjee a wide berth dur- 

 ing the voyage. 



We quitted Aden at three o'clock on the 

 morning of the 29th October, having been de- 

 tained there twenty-six hours, a monstrous waste 

 of time, when every moment was of importance, 

 for had all been ready for coaling on our ar- 

 rival, that operation ought not to have occupied 

 above one-third of the time. During our stay 

 at Aden, a poor serjeant of artillery was brought 

 on board in the last stage of liver complaint, 

 and died immediately on his arrival, leaving a 

 young widow and four children, for whom a 

 subscription was at once set on foot, and nearly 

 600 rupees were collected ; my royal master 

 and Meer Jaffer Ali each contributing most 

 liberally to the subscription, the amount whereof 

 was handed over to the Adjutant-General of 

 Artillery for the widow's use, on our arrival at 



