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restored in health, and having everything about him 

 in a high state of preparation for the journey home- 

 wards. 



It affords me great pleasure to be able to report the 

 safe return of the expedition in a state of high spirits 

 and gratification. All enjoyed the salubrity of the 

 climate, the kind entertainments of the sultans, the 

 variety and richness of the country, and the excellent 

 fare everywhere. Further, the Belooches, by their 

 exemplary conduct, proved themselves a most effi- 

 cient, willing, and trustworthy guard, and are deserv- 

 ing of the highest encomiums ; they, with Bombay, 

 have been the life and success of everything, and I 

 sincerely hope they may never be forgotten. 



Thus ends my Second Expedition. The Arabs 

 told me I could reach the X'yanza in fifteen to seven- 

 teen marches, and I have returned in sixteen, although 

 I had to take a circuitous line instead of a direct one. 

 The provisions, too, have just held out I took a 

 supply for six weeks, and have completed that time 

 this day. The total road-distance there and back is 

 452 miles, which, admitting that the Arabs make 

 sixteen marches of it, gives them a marching rate of 

 more than fourteen miles a-day. 



