1.] ARRIVAL AT ADEN. 21 



key, although we never came across any of those for whom it December, 

 was particularly intended. ^^'^2- 



After a short stay at Cairo we went to Suez, and thence by 

 the Australia to Aden, where we were very kindly received by 

 the resident, Brigadier-general Schneider, Colonel Penn (" steel 

 pen " of Abyssinian fame), and the rest of the garrison ; and 

 from Dr. Shepheard, P.M.O., we received a most valuable sup- 

 ply of quinine, a sine qua noii in Afi'ican travel. 



STEAMER POINT, ADEN. 



While here. Dr. Badger obtained for us from a Santon, named 

 Alowy ibn Zain et Aldus, a letter recommending us to the care 

 and consideration of all good Moslems in Africa, and this we 

 found the most useful of all our papers. 



Lieutenant Cecil Murphy, R.A., acting commissary of ord- 

 nance, here volunteered to accompany the expedition, provided 

 the Government of India would consent to continue his Indian 

 pay and allowances ; and this being granted after our depart- 

 ure, he joined us at Zanzibar by the next mail. 



Our anticipations that H.M.S. Briton would have taken us 

 to Zanzibar were doomed to disappointment, for she had al- 

 ready sailed. "VVe had therefore to await the departure of the 

 mail-steamer Punjab, Captain Hansard, in which we j)roceeded. 

 Colonel Lewis Belly, political agent at Muscat, and Kazi Shah 



