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course to take, whether to penetrate further in ad- 
vance or to return. Several Fug&bu and people 
belonging to Halluf came to pay their respects to 
Sheikh Ghet ; and a person of considerable authority, 
called Keghamma, or rather Keghamma-futebe (Ser- 
askier of the West), the very man of whom we before 
had heard so much talk, came also and paid me a visit in 
my tent ; for, being in a weak state, I had been obliged, 
when the sun became oppressive, to pitch my tent, 
as there was no shade. There being no other tent 
in the encampment, I received visits from several 
parties who wished to breakfast a little at their ease, 
and among others from a man called Kedel Batram, 
Halliif s brother. Keghamma stated that he was cer- 
tainly able to bring us to Karka ; but this was a mere 
pretence, and he himself retracted his promise shortly 
afterwards before the sheikh. Our cherished object lay 
still before us, at a considerable distance; but our friend 
Ghet thought that he had brought us already far 
enough to deserve some more presents, and plainly 
intimated as much to us through l Abd- Allah. Fortu- 
nately I had a handsome yellow cloth caftan with me, 
embroidered with gold, and towards evening, when I 
had recovered from a severe fit of fever which had 
suddenly attacked me in the afternoon, we went to 
pay our compliments to the chief, and begged him to 
accept of it ; at the same time we told him we should 
be satisfied if we were enabled to visit the district be- 
longing to the keghamma. But the situation of the 
Arabs soon became more dangerous, and nothing was 
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