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I had been detained a little in the rear by 

 this business, so mounted my mule to gallop up 

 to Ohmed Medina, who was now some way 

 ahead. I dismounted when I reached the party 

 he was with, but no Ebin Izaak being there 

 to expostulate with for his deceit, I relieved my 

 feelings by complaining of his conduct to Ohmed 

 Medina. He laughed, but whether at my sim- 

 plicity, or the pettifogging pilfering of my 

 companions, I cannot say, but pointing to the 

 kraal, the huts of which now became visible, he 

 said he would shew me the real Durtee Ohmed, 

 who was, and had been, sick for many days. He 

 stipulated that I should not upbraid Ohmed 

 Mahomed, or speak at all about the two dollars I 

 had given to the man on his representations, and 

 undertook that these should be carried to account 

 for the purchase of food for the Hy Soumaulee. 

 I readily agreed to this, as I now felt curious to 

 see the finale of all this humbug. I learned that 

 Ohmed Medina's chief reason for taking me to 

 visit Durtee Ohmed was to exculpate his young 

 friend, Ebin Izaak, from having any interested 

 motive in the trick he had played me. 



The road went close to the kraal, but we had to 

 turn off a few yards, to the farther hut of the whole, 

 before I was introduced into the presence of the sick 

 chief; who, on seeing me, extended his hand, and 

 soon convinced me of his being the real Simon 

 Pure, not only by his one eye, but also by his 



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