66 OUR APARTMENTS AT RABBAH. 



went to examine the houses. They were about 

 a mile and a half distant from the vessel, and 

 four or five hundred yards from the king's 

 residence, and were now occupied by his ma- 

 jesty's master of the horse, (Sullikeen Door Kee,) 

 who obligingly gave them up for our use. The 

 entrance consisted of two circular-built houses, 

 distant from each other only a few yards, and 

 which opened into the street. Here a passage 

 leads into Sullikeen Door Kee's yard, whose resi- 

 dence is the first house on the left ; opposite to 

 which were his stables, where he kept a beauti- 

 ful Arabian charger. On the left angle was the 

 yard, containing three houses, two of which were 

 let to us. The yard is very clean and hard, and 

 separated from the street by a mud-wall four- 

 teen or fifteen feet high. 



We were told that the Magia had sent us a 

 bullock. The king also despatched one down to 

 us — a poor sickly-looking animal ; so much so, 

 that Mr. Lander told the messenger he felt con- 

 fident that the Magia had sent a finer beast than 

 the one he had brought, and that he would not 

 accept it, informing the man that he might 

 have it for four thousand cowries (about 4^. ^d. 

 sterling), and the offer was accepted. We sus- 



