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for both of them came smiHng up to him, saying, 

 "Ah, Mahomed, how are you?" and he kissed them 

 both. This young gentleman seems to be quite a 

 Lothario, and knows all the girls about here. When 

 the ceremony of kissing was over the girls saw me for 

 the first time, and retreated like two startled gazelles. 



Dik-dik flesh is very good eating ; it tastes better 

 roasted when one has bacon to add to it. The best 

 way to cook the haunch is to lard it well with bacon 

 fat and then roast it in Turkish fashion, skewered 

 through with a stick. 



The above applies to gazelles as well, as these 

 animals have no fat except round their kidneys. This 

 is also the best way to cook all birds, but the larding 

 may be omitted. 



Jan. y. — This morning, having bade adieu to the 

 missionaries, we started for Gindar by a short cut 

 across the hills. The missionaries are making this 

 road, but the jungle is not all cut yet. Our guide 

 was Brou, the interpreter that Kirkham had given us 

 as a servant. 



Having travelled up the gorge, we passed the hot 

 spring. Here the missionaries have built a little 

 house for the poor sick who come to bathe Pushing 

 our way through thick thorny jungle we came suddenly 

 on a beautiful valley, green and fresh-looking, with 

 high hills in the background, one of which we were to 



