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with a double roof, affording almost as perfect protection 

 as a thatched house, being 114° to 115°Fahr. In the 

 afternoon a strong breeze set in from the sea, which 

 slightly abated the temperature. 1 returned to ZuUa on 

 the 6th June, and took up my old quarters in the Com- 

 missariat enclosure, one of the best parts of the camp, 

 for, being close to the sea, it was much less dusty than 

 further inland. 



Sir Eobert Napier left on the 9th for England, and 

 only a small portion of the army remained in charge of 

 the stores which were being shipped. I determined to 

 see the last of the expedition. Six months' campaigning 

 had left me in the best possible health, and I only 

 regretted being obliged to return to a more civilized 

 country. I had arranged to go back to India by one of 

 the steamers which was to remain at Annesley Bay till 

 the last, when an opportunity offered itself of seeing 

 something more of Abyssinia. 



Lieut. Mockler had been one of the first officers of 

 the army who landed in Abyssinia as an assistant in 

 the Political Department. During the advance of the 

 army on Magdala, he had remained on the coast in 

 charge of the very important political relations with the 

 Shoho and other chieftains which had been so ably 

 originated by Colonel Merewether and Mr. Munzinger. 

 On the departure of the force he had applied for leave 

 of absence in order to visit the Anseba and Bogos 

 country, a friendly territory lying about one hundred 

 miles north-west of Massowa. Mr. Munzinger, who has 

 passed many, years in Bogos, also intended to spend 



