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ABU MAHOMED ALLEE. 



retaliation and indemnity wonld be taken, should 

 any violence be done to us. 



I was now allowed by my careful guards, to 

 sleep out the remainder of the night in my hut, 

 and glad enough I was, to exchange my hard 

 uneven bed of stone, for the softer couch of sand 

 the encampment afforded. Taking up my guns, I 

 very soon walked down to my retreat, one of the Hy 

 Soumaulee bringing after me, the mat and wooden 

 pillow. The father of Mahomed Allee was waiting 

 to receive me, and the politic old man, as we shook 

 hands, asked if I were "Ingreez?" or "Feringeel" 

 my reply, of course, instructing him as to the 

 character of the conversation he must assume, 

 during the next morning's interview, which he in 

 bad Arabic proposed, and I readily assented to; 

 glad enough to escape from a lengthened discussion 

 at so late an hour. 



