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ABDULLAH BIN AHMAD. 



chief received a poulet from a fair friend, con- 

 taining these words : ' I hear that under our 

 walls is a person named Abdullah ; if he be the 

 man 1 love, he will not remain so near me with- 

 out claiming my hospitality ! ' To hear was to 

 obey. The Mazrui, taking his trusty sabre, proved 

 himself capable of the perilous enterprise, and 

 after returning to his father's camp, he sent a 

 slave to the governor with the simple message: 

 * Last night I slept in Lamu, and right soon I 

 will sleep in it with all my men.' 



