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made by Mahomed Allee, who, it was expected, would 

 take this opportunity of retaliating. I, of course, 

 consented, and this being accomplished, Ohmed Ma- 

 homed, to ingratiate himself also with the attendants 

 of Lohitu, had a camel, that had been ailing 

 many days, slaughtered, and a feast of raw meat, 

 for want of water to cook it in, terminated the 

 day. One party of the revellers who sat near my 

 hut, I observed rolling up strips of the flesh, and 

 stowing them away in their affaleetahs for a 

 feast at the next halting place, as the Dankalli cer- 

 tainly prefer the flesh of animals cooked, excepting 

 the liver and other viscera, which are almost always 

 eaten raw. This same party had also come in for 

 the backbone in their share, and after the fleshy 

 parts had been stript off and preserved for a better 

 opportunity of cooking, the assembled circle very 

 fairly, and with much brotherly love, sent the raw 

 juicy bone round, each one taking a fair chop at it 

 with his heavy dagger, and then making a good 

 strong pull at the almost detached piece with his 

 teeth. In this manner they soon cleared and divided 

 the bone, and each one then possessed himself of a 

 single vertebra to look over, and finish his repast, 

 which did not conclude until every bit of the carti- 

 lage had been torn off and eaten. 



Tuesday, April 19. — Started at sunrise, and left 

 Arabderah with Lohitu, Moosa, Adam Burrah, 

 and a number of others. Ohmed Medina and 

 Garahmee were absent, having returned to Gobard 



