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his hand on my arm, and adding the word "kill" 

 in Arabic, pointed with his spear to a tall young 

 man who, with unparalleled boldness, had advanced 

 to less than one hundred yards of us, and stood 

 making some inquiries from one of the women of 

 our Kafilah, unheeding the loud cries of " cutta, 

 cutta" (go away, go away,) that my friends were 

 shouting with all their might to drive him off. 

 Excited by his insolent bearing, Adam Burrah at 

 last started up from my side, and having called 

 " cutta" several times without the young man 

 deigning to take the least notice, he rushed towards 

 him. On perceiving this, the man instantly 

 dropped on to his heels, so that only his head and 

 his poised spear could be seen above his shield, and 

 coolly awaited the attack, but Adam, seeing 

 his foe thus prepared, dropt to the ground himself 

 in the same manner behind his shield, at the 

 distance of about twenty yards, and both began 

 sparring with their spears. Garahmee, Moosa, and 

 others, called to Adam Burrah to come back, 

 and Ohmed Mahomed, willing to avoid bloodshed, 

 sprang after him, suddenly snatched away his 

 spear, and thus disarmed, he was obliged, but very 

 reluctantly, to return to my side. 



Considering that this was to be the commence- 

 ment of the fray, I had taken up my gun, and 

 the man observing this, and the determined 

 front our little band sustained, thought it best to 

 imitate Adam Burrah, and slowly walked back to 



