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diation to the sheikh also. The sheikh had alighted 
at his spacious clay mansion outside the walls of the 
city; and he was just occupied with granting a grand 
reception to the townspeople. 
After the usual exchange of compliments, our 
discourse turned upon Captain Denham (Rais 
Khalil), who had once taken the same road in con- 
junction with Kashella Barka Ghana, and with Bii- 
Khaliim. On this occasion also the manner in which 
old Mallem Shadeli or Chadeli, then a simple faki, 
who was present, behaved towards that Christian was 
mentioned. We related to them what a faithful de- 
scription Major Denham had given, in the narrative 
of his adventures, of the hostile disposition of the faki, 
when the old mallem, who was now one of the grandees 
of the empire, in order to revenge himself upon Major 
Denham and ourselves, described to the assembly, 
with sundry sarcastic hints, how he had seen the 
Major, after his shameful defeat at Musfaya, half dead 
and stripped of his clothes, and exhibiting to unini- 
tiated eyes all the insignia which mark the difference 
between the faithful and unfaithful. The whole spirit 
in which the story was told bore evidence of the 
enlightened character and the tolerance of these gen- 
tlemen. 
All the people behaved very friendly; and the 
sheikh sent us in the evening two sheep, a load of 
" ngaberi" or sorghum, besides two dishes of pre- 
pared food. We were also entertained by a young 
musician, who had accompanied Mr. Overweg during 
