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was altogether very pretty ; but I was too tired 

 after our long journey of five hours, to have any eye 

 for the beautiful, and was glad to lie down in my 

 hut immediately it was announced ready, bid 

 Zaido place a mat over the entrance, and go to 

 sleep at once. 



At sunset, I awoke ; Zaido bringing a large 

 bowl of boiled wheat and clouted cream for my 

 supper, and under the influence of an excellent 

 appetite, I soon lessened its contents. A strange 

 kind of humming now attracted my attention, 

 and, getting out of my hut, I observed, at no 

 great distance, a small circle of Tajourah people, 

 who, neither in calahm nor zekar, seemed still to be 

 occupied in the performance of some ceremony, 

 each of the six persons engaged, taking his turn to 

 repeat a short sentence or so, in a low murmuring 

 tone, and then giving way to the next. Going 

 nearer, to see what they were about, I was joined 

 by Allee, who informed me they were doctoring 

 Ohmecl Mahomed, in their own fashion, by offering 

 up prayers to Allah, and asked if I thought he would 

 recover. As I had already given to him three 

 strong cathartic pills, and his case was not a despe- 

 rate one, I held out hopes to the distressed Allee, 

 that probably the next morning his master would be 

 quite well. Having approached the circle, and dropt 

 upon my heels, close behind them, I watched the pro- 

 ceedings of these devotee practitioners in medicine, 

 and noticed that each one, in succession, recited 



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