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his own village. Aghill has the credit of being a very 

 rich man, for, besides having saved money, his father 

 left him a large sum. There can be no doubt of the 

 pleasure this news has given to our people, who hate 

 as much as they fear Aghill, and his power of extort- 

 ing money from them was well exemplified when he 

 took away all the dollars we gave the ostrich man be- 

 cause he had kept our present a secret from him. They 

 speak very well of his successor. Essafi, senior, is 

 especially happy, as he now sees a prospect of his son 

 getting back the twenty dollars he lent Aghill, and he 

 intends to stay with us till next pay-day and take 

 Mohamed Fagerole's month's wages instead of allowing 

 him to transfer them to Sheik Aghill in repayment of a 

 debt of his own. 



Hadji Basheer's hand is already nearly well, and never 

 has a wounded extremity been kept more quiet or 

 given a better chance of healing, for whilst tenderly 

 nursing it in the other hand he has spent nearly all 

 his time lying down in a semi-somnolent state, or 

 perhaps grieving over his practical lesson on inter- 

 fering in other people's quarrels. 



MarcJi 31. Another move in a homeward direction, 

 and our tent is now pitched close to our old ground 

 at Emberaga, but beyond hanging up our rifles, &c., in 

 it the tent is no longer of any use to us. 



The not unusual report soon after arrival at a place 



