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ceros, two dollars ; hippopotamus, one dollar ; giraffe, 

 one dollar ; ostrich, one dollar. So this makes them 

 very keen to show us new species, for, if they had their 

 own choice, the hippos, rhinoceros, and buffaloes, where 

 there are no elephants, would be most to their taste. 



.We had only just returned when Essafi ran up in 

 great excitement, followed by all the camel-men, to tell 

 me that my hippo of yesterday was dead. . Albert 

 then added that some Arabs from the next camp had 

 seen one come out of the water as if to die, and as 

 they knew that one of us had been shooting near 

 there they came to report it, fearing to take possession 

 of it. Two men were therefore sent off to search the 

 place, and soon returned with the report that it was 

 dead. The men now begged that a dragoman and a 

 soldier should accompany them to the scene of future 

 operations, to prevent there being a fight between the 

 other Arabs and themselves over the flesh ; and the 

 request having been granted, Albert and our young 

 soldier departed with them. We have been very 

 fortunate in our two representatives of Egyptian 

 authority. One is a very fine-looking young soldier, 

 a negro, named Abdullah, of whom our Arab friends 

 have a most wholesome dread. Munsinger Pasha let 

 him have a picked dromedary, on which he careers 

 over the country in grand style, looking uncommonly 

 proud of himself and his fleet charger. He is dressed in 



