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OUTFIT. 



tion,' and desirous of seeing only the end of the 

 expedition, they must, poor fellows, have yearned 

 sadly for home, even Goa ; and I am rejoiced to 

 think that they hoth reached it alive. 



The outfit and expenses of an African journey 

 are always interesting to travellers. Eor the 

 personnel, we expended in two months a total of 

 $172 ($50 to Said, and $20 per mens, to the two 

 Goanese), including $32 for ship hire, and the 

 inevitable 6 Bakhshish 9 which accompanies it. As 

 presents to the native chiefs who might entertain 

 us, we took 20 Jamdanis, or sprigged muslin for 

 turbans ($15) ; a score of embroidered Surat caps 

 (Alfiyyah=$l7.50) ; a broad-cloth coat and a 

 Maskat Sabai, or loin-cloth of silk, cotton, and 

 goldthread ($20.50) for the Sultan Kimwere; two 

 gaudy cotton shawls, yellow and scarlet ($2.50), 

 and 35 lbs. of small white-and-pink Venetian beads 

 ($14). This item amounted to $00.50. I made 

 the mistake of ignorance by not laying in an ample 

 store of American domestics (Merkani) , the silver 

 of the country, and a greater quantity of beads, 

 which are the small change. About $250 repre- 

 sented the expenses of living and travelling ($94 

 in January, and in February $84) : this included 

 the expenditure of the whole party. The pro- 

 visions were, rice (three bags), maize flour (one 



