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a hundred and ten loads, and niarclied to Teme, a large village November, 

 four miles distant, leaving Bombay to bring on the remaining i^''-^- 

 loads with men hired for the day. 



We passed two large villages, showing our colors and strik- 

 ing up with a drum, which I had j^rocured in the ho2)e of in- 

 spiriting the men by a little noise. The whole population had, 

 however, turned out, and were busily employed in preparing 

 the ground for the next crop, the rains having now commenced, 

 so that this attempt at display fell a trifle flat. 



Bombay kept me waiting at Teme the next day, in conse- 

 quence of which a number of men bolted back to Kwiharah, 

 and, when Bombay did make his appearance, we were in a 

 worse plight than before. 



I was astonished to find a Turk serving as a soldier under 

 Abdallah ibn Nassib, who was stationed here for the purpose 

 of buying provisions for the Belooches at Kwiharah. 



He was born at Constantinople, enlisted in the Turkish army, 

 and was present at the opening of the Suez Canal. He de- 

 serted in Egypt, and, apparently without exactly knowing how 

 he managed it, arrived at Zanzibar. Being in a destitute con- 

 dition, he then enlisted among the Belooches of Syd Burghash. 

 He seemed very contented with his position, but still had a 

 hankering after Constantinople, and told me that he intended 

 returning there some day. 



More pagazi having offered themselves, I indulged in the 

 faint hope that there was a possibility of a fair start in the 

 morning ; but more than twenty absconded during the night, 

 and it was not without much delay that I succeeded in making 

 a move again. 



Three hours' march through a rolling country, having vil- 

 lages and clearings interspersed in the jungle, brought us to 

 Kasekerah, the scene of poor Dillon's death. From the na- 

 tives I unsuccessfully endeavored to ascertain where my old 

 messmate was buried, in order that I might visit his last rest- 

 ing-place, and place some mark over the sj^ot where he lay. 

 No one could tell me any thing about it. 



On meeting Murphy, I found he had buried him in the jun- 

 gle, having a fear (though a needless one) of the natives des- 

 ecrating his grave. I learned also that just before his death 



