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his part, and, having pushed him aside, appealed again 

 directly to us. 



Determined as we were not to recognise his false 

 claims we tried to entertain him, his uncles and 

 followers, and in this respect our success was undoubted. 

 The pictures in our books, and especially in the frequently 

 examined ' Baker/ attracted as much interest as ever. 

 In this book, each man represented has been given a 

 name to add to the interest, and there is of course no 

 difficulty in pointing out ' Howagee ' Baker in each 

 group ; but amongst the numerous half-naked Arabs it 

 is not easy to remember on each occasion to whom we 

 have given the name of Aboo Doo, Taher Sheriff, 

 Roder Sheriff, or other celebrities, yet a change of 

 name is quickly detected by them. The pictures in 

 other books do not attract half the interest of these, 

 and even the great Sheik is quite as contented to look 

 at any others upside down as the right way, and 

 possibly more so, for he is most frequently found 

 studying them in this position. One and all have quite 

 made up their minds that we shall write a book on our 

 return to England, and give illustrations of their exploits 

 also. There is one picture which far surpasses in inte- 

 rest even the invaluable 'Baker,' and when once seen 

 the study of it never appears to weary them, although, 

 after all, it is only the reflection of their own faces In 

 some little looking-glasses we brought out as presents 



