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Kafilah had applied to my Indian vegetable 

 Bargee),* here found in great plenty. Several 

 shields-full were quickly laid in my plaid before 

 me, and taking as much as I required for myself, 

 I bestowed the remainder upon my mule. She 

 seemed as highly pleased with the treat as myself, 

 and eat away, as if her family physician had recom- 

 mended it as a preventive for the scurvy, which 

 her present idle life seemed to predispose her to. 



The day was rather poor in incident. I lay in 

 my hut reflecting upon the probabilities of my 

 reaching Shoa alive ; and projecting, in case I did, 

 very extensive journeys into the interior from that 

 kingdom, as a starting-place. In the evening, I 

 and the two Allees, went after some guinea fowl, 

 but only shot one, and a hare. The latter, I found, 

 was useless, for a somewhat similar objection is 

 entertained by Mahomedans to this animal, as 

 among the Jews, by whom it is considered to be 

 unclean. 



After I had lain down to sleep, a large calahm 

 was held, in which, the escort and the Kafilah men 

 all joined. Two sheep had then to be killed for 

 the escort; so that it was nearly midnight, before 

 their day's meal was prepared for them. The 

 calahm had some reference to the two Wahamas, 

 who were wounded at Barradudda, and who, after 

 the agreement to accompany us, were found unable 

 to do so, and had been taken back to Herhowlee. The 



* A kind of spinage. 



