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dates can generally be got. Sugar from Tripoli and occa- 

 sionally tea are sold in tlie bigger markets." 



THE HOUSE rN* WHICH CLAUD ALEXANDER DIED 



On the 9tli, Grosling left for Yo to complete his collection 

 of fish on Lake Chad, for my brother now seemed to be making 

 good progress. Each day raised our hopes as we watched 

 his spirits rise with his returning strength, and his room 

 became the most cheerful place in the fort, where we would 

 gather of a night for talk or a concert on the gramophone. 

 Sometimes he would ask us to send for a native musician 

 from the village to play the sweet toned alligata pipe, march- 

 ing up and down outside the house. And he would love to 

 lie and listen, for it reminded him of the bagpipes. 



But on the 11th, just as our fears had practically vanished 



