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has been chiefly spent in dividing our stores and making 

 ready for an early departure to-morrow morning in oppo- 

 site directions. Gumming took a quiet ride to the hippo- 

 pool to give our friends left in it a few parting salutes, 

 and also to test the wounded leg ; and, considering what 

 a short time has elapsed since the injury occurred, it 

 bore the ordeal remarkably well. He gave Hamet to- 

 day a pair of drawers lined with red flannel, and Hamet 

 is so proud of them that he has been strutting about ever 

 since and has shown the red lining to everyone. It 

 has proved an unfortunate present, for it has greatly 

 excited the jealousy of the others, and they all want a 

 similar pair, and are not disposed to be put off with the 

 excuse that we do not all wear exactly similar garments. 

 Our last evening together here has terminated most 

 properly, with a lecture on the contents of a small 

 medicine-chest fitted up by Messrs. Savory and Moore, 

 together with a few general hints on medical matters, 

 and with the understanding that in case of emergency 

 Abdullah is to be sent post-haste to our camp. 



