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Mr. Cruttenden. Ohmed Mahomed immediately 

 appeared, but refused to let Mahomed Ailee come 

 to receive the letter, adding, that the latter would 

 not be allowed to take it to Aden, even if I gave it 

 to him, as the Sultaun of Tajourah would not 

 permit him to enter that town. As, however, I 

 persisted in my desire to employ Mahomed Allee, 

 whom I knew to be well thought of by the authori- 

 ties in Aden, Ohmed Mahomed at length consented 

 to bring him, and went away for that purpose. In 

 about half an hour he returned, and having intro- 

 duced Mahomed Allee to me, I gave him my 

 letters for Capt. Haines, and one for home, inform- 

 ing him that on their delivery in Aden he would 

 receive a boxeish or present, as usual, for his 

 trouble. 



After concluding this business to my satisfaction, 

 I went with Lohitu, at the request of Ohmed 

 Mahomed, some distance from the camp, and we 

 sat down amidst the ruins of some loose stone walls, 

 where formerly a large kraal had been. This move 

 was suggested, I thought, by a desire to save me 

 from the pestering applications of the Bedouins of 

 Mahomed Allee's Kafilah, who had previously sur- 

 rounded my hut in crowds, begging for everything 

 that could enter into the mind of a Dankalli as 

 constituting riches, such as needles, buttons, paper, 

 gunpowder, and brass wire. 



For two hours did the mighty Chief of the 

 Debenee and I sit in gloomy silence, both build- 



