406 APPEARANCE OF DURTEE OHMED. 



surprise, for I thought him far enough away, Durtee 

 Ohmed reported himself, and looked somewhat the 

 better for the late stirring business he had been 

 upon ; for, instead of having but one eye, according 

 to the description I recollected to have been given 

 by Lieut. Barker, he had two quite as good as 

 my own. I mentioned this to Ebin Izaak who 

 had accompanied him, as he then explained, for 

 fear any mistake might arise from this circum- 

 stance, and that I should refuse to give him the 

 present, on account of the discrepancy in the 

 appearance of the claimant, from what had been 

 represented to be the case. He was also ready to 

 swear on the Koran as to the identity of the man, 

 and although not perfectly satisfied, still, as I had 

 not been cheated extraordinarily by Ebin Izaak, I 

 thought I would receive his testimony on this 

 occasion, so gave the man three dollars, with 

 which he went away perfectly satisfied. 



Several messengers arrived from other Kafi- 

 lahs on the road, all desiring us not to move 

 until they had joined us. I was not sorry for 

 the detention, having derived much benefit in 

 my health since we reached Murroo. I was also 

 nearly naturalized among the Dankalli, who had 

 become accustomed to my complexion, and as for 

 my clothes, they were not very different, either in 

 hue or condition, from theirs. My yellow Arab 

 frock was no novel thing to the Tajourah people, 

 and a few days' journey through the thorny 



