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TRAVELS m AFRICA. 
Chap. XLT. 
The country here became more undulating, and 
afterwards even rugged, and we made our way as 
well as we could in the dark, stumbling along over a 
rugged ground in a north-westerly direction, and 
were not a little delighted when at length we saw the 
fires of the encampment, which this time had not been 
pitched on the highest level, but rather in a hollow 
not far from the well. Its name is Bir el Hamesh, or 
Yegil, or, as it is generally pronounced, Yiggeli. We 
were the more delighted to reach it, as we found 
here, not only all our people and luggage, but also 
provisions, and we were nearly famished. Of course, 
we were most cheerfully hailed by those of our ser- 
vants whom, with the remainder of the Arabs, we 
had left at the Bir el Kiirna, and who had felt the 
greatest anxiety about our safety, on account of the 
many unfavourable rumours which had reached them 
with regard to the proceedings and sufferings of 
our party. They had transported the camp from 
Bir el Kiirna to this place several days previously, and 
were looking forward to our return most anxiously. 
We immediately attacked a bowl of camel's milk, 
and thus materially comforted, rested outside our 
tents enjoying the freshness of the evening. The 
camp or dowar was rather narrow, being encumbered 
by the booty which had been taken from the enemy ; 
and the people, dreading lest the enemy might follow 
them, all huddled closely together, and kept strict 
watch. In such circumstances the wailings of the 
women over the dead, which sounded through the 
