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apothecary's shop, chattering away, she pointed 

 to a large empty water-skin which she held in 

 her hand ; I could not understand her, but Zaido 

 came to my assistance, and explained, that the 

 woman wished to know, if her son might relieve 

 himself by making water, " for," said he, " he has 

 taken three of those w 7 ater-skinsful already, and 

 he must do so, before he can drink any more, or he 

 will burst most assuredly/' I gave the desired 

 permission, and the woman departed. "Zaido," said 

 I, when she was gone, " when I say, drink a 

 great deal of water, I do not mean as much as a 

 thirsty camel can take, but only a good sized 

 basket-full." Zaido, as my assistant dispenser and 

 interpreter, promised attention, and no deaths in 

 consequence of excessive drinking occurred. 



During the two last evenings of our stay in this 

 place, several individuals of the Muditu people 

 appeared on the outskirts of our camp, in parties 

 of three or four. They were not received amongst 

 us ; generally standing at a distance of thirty or 

 forty yards from the salt loads and stores. They 

 examined us with some degree of interest, and 

 were evidently endeavouring to form some idea of 

 our purposes and movements. Their appearance, 

 however, broke through the reserve that had for 

 the better part of two days' been observed between 

 me and the people of the Kafilah, on account of 

 my apparent predilection, for the father of their 

 detested rival, Mahomed Allee. They now came 



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