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ACROSS AFEICA. 



[Chap. 



May, 

 1873. 



Murphy had a double-barreled No. 10 fowling-piece and a No. 

 12 of Lang's, which poor Moffat bought at Zanzibar. 



Our men were provided with six navy and thirty-two artil- 

 lery Sniders; and Issa, Bombay, and Bilal carried revolvers. 

 Many of our pagazi also had flint-lock. Tower, or French trade- 

 muskets, and every man not otherwise armed a spear or bow 

 and arrows. 



The donkeys had all been elaborately named at Bagamoyo ; 

 but the only two that retained them were Dillon's and my rid- 

 ing donkeys, the Philosopher and Jenny Lind. 



The three dogs, which were a great delight to us, were Leo, a 

 large, rough nondescript, bought at Zanzibar, my special friend, 

 and a great wonder among all the natives on account of his 

 size and appearance ; Mabel or May, Dillon's dog, a bull-terrier 

 given him by Mr. Schultze, the German consul at Zanzibar ; and 

 Rixie, a very pretty brindled fox-terrier, brought by Murphy 

 from Aden. 



On the 29th of May every thing was ready, and we hoped to 

 make a fair start on the following morning. Murphy was only 

 partially recovered from fever, and I was still lame ; but Dillon 

 was perfectly well, and we were all full of hope for the future. 



AFBIOAK FlUE-I'LAOE. 



