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untouched, and that it must have been the insti- 

 gation of some of my Kafilah, that had induced the 

 man to allow them to be forced open. The injury 

 done to some of the boxes, where a deal of violence 

 had been used to open them, the man did attempt 

 to account for, by stating, that they had been 

 broken during the journey, by the knocking about 

 consequent upon the numerous loadings, and 

 unloadings of the camels, whilst the holes in the 

 ammunition and other boxes, he attributed to the 

 curiosity of the children of the kraal. One box 

 containing beads was so much damaged, that I 

 was obliged to have the parcels placed in skin-bags. 

 How all the things that had been left here so long, 

 failed to excite the cupidity of the people, is 

 beyond my comprehension. Paper, printed ging- 

 hams, and actually, some thirteen or fourteen 

 dollars, in a box belonging to Mr. Scott, were left 

 untouched. The beads, whatever may be said of 

 their not being the kind, most in demand among 

 the Dankalli, must still have been thought of some 

 value. In this short review of the facts, it must 

 be understood, that the inhabitants of Tajourah 

 surpass in unprincipled cunning, the Bedouins of 

 the interior, as they are on the other hand inferior 

 to them in courage; so -that the disgraceful 

 conduct of Ohmed Mahomed, and Ebin Izaak, in 

 the clandestine search they made, for dollars sup- 

 posed to be contained in some of the packages, 

 must not influence any opinion, that may be formed 



