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iiig, or if I can I will arrange for it to leave on 

 Monday (to-morrow) evening. They are working hard 

 now, grinding a dollar's worth for us to take ; and I 

 am sending you some honey, one bottle of brandy, 

 potatoes, onions, and some eggs. One donkey takes 

 the flour and two of our coolies. 



Mo>iday moriii)ig, March \st. 



" Your flour will leave this afternoon. Cassa here, 

 in charge of the baggage left behind. Shall be back 

 to-day fortnight ; but they will show you the way 

 down when they come. 



" Ever yours, 



" H." 



I must explain to my readers that the Mareb which 

 H. talks of in this letter is the same river that we 

 were on before, he being many miles lower down its 

 course, in fact, much nearer the plains than where we 

 had been. 



A large caravan with cotton from Walkait came by 

 to-day. The chief of the caravan came up to me as I 

 was seated outside my " das " loading some cartridges, 

 and paid his respects, commencing by making two very 

 low bows — nearly touching the ground with his head. 

 I gave him some powder which he begged for, and 

 asked him if he would give me a machet, which is a 

 Tigre word for a little sickle, which the natives use to 



