8 
TRAVELS IN AFEICA. 
Chap. LIII. 
duals. First, Mohammed el Gatr6ni, the same faith- 
ful young lad who had accompanied me as a servant 
all the way from Fezzan to Kiikawa, and whom, 
on my starting for A'damawa, I had sent home, 
very reluctantly, with my despatches and with the 
late Mr. Kichardson's effects, on condition that, after 
having staid some time with his wife and children, 
he should return. He had lately come back with the 
same caravan which had brought me the fresh sup- 
plies. Faithful to my promise, I had mounted him 
on horseback, and made him my chief servant, with 
a salary of four Spanish dollars per month — and 
a present of fifty dollars besides, in the event of my 
enterprise being successfully terminated. My second 
servant, and the one upon whom, next to Moham- 
med, I relied most, was 'Abd-Allahi, or rather, as 
the name is pronounced in this country, 'Abcl-Allehi, 
a young Shiiwa from Kotoko, whom I had taken into 
my service on my journey to Bagirmi, and who, never 
having been in a similar situation, and not having dealt 
before with Europeans, at first had caused me a great 
deal of trouble, especially as he was laid up with 
the small pox for forty days during my stay in that 
country. He was a young man of very pleasing 
manners and straightforward character, and, as a 
good and pious Moslim, formed a useful link be- 
tween myself and the Mohammedans ; but he was 
sometimes extremely whimsical, and, after having 
written out his contract for my whole journey to the 
west and back, I had the greatest trouble in making 
