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throwing his hands and arms about, strutting and 

 looking pompous, and then most benign, to convey- 

 to my obtuse understanding the impression most 

 favourable for his wishes. Ibrahim stood very 

 quietly by, cleaning his extremely white teeth with 

 the ever accompanying stick of a singular kind of 

 tree called Woomen, growing in the neighbourhood 

 of Dulhull. He, however, made no observation 

 until Cassim had finished, and had seen him receive 

 four dollars, then his turn came. 



Ibrahim was a little spare man, but commenced 

 with saying, that he was quite as good as Cassim, 

 that he was my friend, and, besides, was going to 

 introduce me to another friend of his who would 

 accompany me all the way, and sooner die than see 

 me injured. This friend's name he made me write 

 down in my book with a particular note, that I 

 should not forget to give him also a boxeish on our 

 arrival in Abasha. As for himself, he added, he 

 was convinced I should do him justice. To my 

 sense of what was due to his numerous excellences, 

 therefore, and to the goodness of Allah, he left 

 all consideration of what bounty I intended to 

 bestow upon him. 



I had made up my mind to divide ten dollars 

 between them at Segallo, the halting-place where 

 it was originally intended they should leave me, but 

 as that was at some distance, I thought they should 

 get nothing by the little deceit they had practised 

 in keeping me at Dulhull until Mr. Cruttenden had 



