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goats came up and made a great noise, saying he 

 must be paid. I told him I had not the slightest in- 

 tention of paying him anything, as he had been ordered 

 to supply me with food, and a young kid was very 

 little out of a large flock. Eventually the affair was 

 settled, and it was agreed the villagers should bear 

 the loss of the kid between them. The meat was a 

 great change for me, as I had been living mostly on 

 eggs and chickens for the last week. I started about 

 mid-day for Deevaroua. It was very hot crossing the 

 plain which lay between this village and Terramnee. 

 I went past Deevaroua and halted for a short time 

 below it, under the shade of a large tree that grew 

 by the bank of the Mareb, which is here quite a little 

 stream. I tried to get two natives to carry some of my 

 things down to Massowah, but they refused to do so 

 unless they were paid in advance. I assured them I 

 had plenty money at Massowah, but they would not 

 believe me, and I had not enough coin with me to pay 

 them. 



I do not think I was ever so much annoyed in my 

 life as I was on this occasion with these two men. I 

 felt inclined to give them both a thrashing ; but it is 

 very lucky I restrained my temper as, otherwise, it is 

 very likely I should have had the whole village down 

 upon me, and perhaps would not have got so well out 

 of it as I did out of my last scrape. One certainly 



