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traveller want an ounce or two of roll tobacco in 

 his pocket, and for an inch or two thereof he need 

 not fear the want of a guide by day or night." 

 This relation so accords with the practices of the 

 Dankalli Bedouins, that supposing freedom from 

 any attack is assured by the protection of some 

 powerful chief, all other services and attention 

 required during a sojourn amongst them, may be 

 commanded by following the recommendation of 

 the worthy traveller in Galloway. 



During the day I managed to make a new 

 covering for my hat, for in passing beneath and 

 among the thorny mimosas, the old one had been 

 torn to rags. Having to get out a shirt to cut up 

 for the necessary material, such a collection of my 

 escort and Kaiilah men that gathered around 

 my hut,. I never saw, and snatching for the 

 buttons, or begging for the remnants, they left me 

 little more than barely sufficient for my purposes, 

 and, in fact, I was obliged to purchase back, for a 

 couple of needles, part of one of the sleeves, to 

 finish my task in a creditable manner. Everything 

 I required to perform this, my needles, my thread, 

 the white tape binding, and the last shreds of the 

 shirt, were distributed fairly among the admiring 

 mob, before I could get them away. 



Ohmed Medina, whilst at prayers this evening, 

 without moving from the mat upon which he per- 

 formed his prostrations, called me to bring my gun 

 to have a pot shot at some guinea-fowl, that were 



