OUR EXPEDITION IS AT AN END, 



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deck, as there is no berth vacant ; and a lady on board 

 has given me the most useful present of a felt hat to re- 

 place my completely worn-out helmet. Our telegram 

 from Souakim reached Cairo in three days, and now we 

 are already far away from the land where we have left a 

 valued friend to pay the penalty of our rash venture in 

 ' Life with the Hamran Arabs/ 



