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passed through. When at Aden Count Teleki thought it would 

 be advisable to choose his escort in Somal-land, and he began 

 by engaging, on' the recommendation of Major Hunter, then 

 Eesident there, a young Somal of twenty-four years old from 

 Habr-Anwal, whose name was Qualla Idris, who had been to 

 America as a boy, and, later, was for six years one of Stan- 



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ley's truest and most faithful followers on the Congo, going 

 eventually with his master to Europe ; so that he had also some 

 acquaintance with the Old World. After leaving Stanley's 

 service, Idris returned to his native land and acted as guide to 

 the expedition there led by the brothers James. 



Qualla had only just got back to Aden after this journey 



