OUR RECEPTION BY THE GOVERNOR. 41. 



that there might be the closest relationship between 

 them. Munsinger Pasha at once gave orders for our 

 goods to be removed into a house, and promised us 

 every assistance and an unlimited number of men to- 

 transport them to our new home. We then complained 

 to him of the laziness of our Arab followers, and evidently 

 \vith good reason, for he said we ought to have completed 

 the journey in eleven or twelve days, instead of sixteen ; 

 but he added that we were unwise in not accepting the 

 offer of some soldiers made to us at Souakim, not so 

 much for protection, as we had imagined, as to ensure 

 the good conduct of these men. He- says that we can 

 get very strong camels here at short notice, and probably 

 also horses, the latter, if of the ordinary kind, costing 4/1 

 to 6/.; and he has promised to call upon us to-morrow,, 

 after having made all necessary arrangements. 



The following table is a record of our daily progress 

 across the desert, calculated at the usual rate of the 

 baggage camel viz., 2\ miles per hour, the total distance 

 being thus represented as 296 miles. This, according to 

 Munsinger Pasha, is 16 miles in excess of the generally 

 accepted distance viz., 280 miles. 



