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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 

 Resident 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 Stanlej^'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 



