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CHAPTER II. 



Detained at Farree. — No news from Ankobar. — Fear all is not 

 right. — Escape from my confinement. — Reach Grarcia Mnlloo. 

 — Followed by officers of Wallasmah. — Compromise matters. — 

 Return to Farree. — Brutality of Wallasmah. — Planning escape 

 to the coast with Hy Soumaulee. — Arrival of Mr. Scott from 

 Ankobar.- — Chief cause of my detention. 



I stayed in Farree anxiously awaiting some news 

 from the embassy, until the 25th ; but neither note 

 nor messenger came to relieve the suspense I was 

 in. The night before, Ohmed Medina, how r ever, 

 had called upon me, and told me that all was right 

 as regarded their personal safety, but informed me 

 that my note from the Dinnomalee had been inter- 

 cepted by the Wallasmah, and that none of the 

 English in Shoa knew that I was in the country. 

 I made up my mind, on hearing this, to attempt 

 getting to Ankobar the next morning, if it were 

 possible ; and accordingly, before it was light, 

 opened the little wicket that served for the door, 

 passed unobserved the two sentinels who lay 

 wrapped up in their body cloths fast asleep, and was 

 soon some distance on the wrong road ; that is to 

 say, the most circuitous one to Ankobar. I thought 



