CHAPTER XXII. 



" Their shape was very singular and deformed, which a little discomposed me, SO 

 that I lay down behind a thicket to observe them better,"— 4 Voyage to the 

 Jluiii/hnJinms. — Swift. 



Last Words — The Camel defended — Sotamm in town — Parewells — 

 A party of Yahoos. 



A FEW words now will complete my story. We 

 ■vvere a week at Damascus, waiting for money to 

 •cany us liome, for we had spent nearly all we had, 

 and depended on the sale of our camels to make up 

 the sum required. Ferhan and ]\Iohammed between 

 them arranged this admiraljly, and we found our- 

 selves, in a few days, with a clear profit of fifteen 

 shillings on each beast that wc had purchased at 

 Bagdad. Tamarisk, too, was disposed of with but 

 trifling loss, and the other three mares were left 

 with Mr. S. for embarkation later on for England. 

 The white donkey realised precisely the sum she 

 had cost us, £16, at starting, and well worth 

 the money she was to her new purchaser. It was 

 not till tjuite at the end of the journey, that she had 

 shown signs of fatigue, and then only under the 

 aggravation of eighteen stone on her back. During 

 the whole march she had not tripped once or 

 stumbled. 



We shed a tear or two at parting with our 



