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find the " g61iy6," and no arrows ; else they would cer- 
tainly be able to keep these troublesome neighbours at 
a respectful distance. Of what little use even the 
firelock is to the latter, I had ample opportunity of 
judging, several musketeers having come to me an- 
xiously entreating me to provide them with flints, 
as their own had been lost or had proved useless. 
At length the motley host moved on without order 
or array ; but their irresolution and fear, owing to a 
few pagans who were concealed in a thicket, were so 
great, that after a while we retraced our steps. Hav- 
ing then taken a more easterly direction, we reached, 
through a thick forest, a large swampy piece of water 
in low meadow-grounds, not less than a mile in 
breadth, covered with rank grass, the dry ground in 
some places intervening. Here I found a considerable 
part of the cavalry, drawn up in a long line and water- 
ing their horses, and I learned that the encampment 
was near. It would have been very unsatisfactory 
to be exposed to a serious attack in the company of 
the disorderly host in which I had lately found my- 
self. 
Having watered my horse, I followed the deep 
sound of the big drum of the vizier, and found the 
body of the army a few hundred yards from the 
eastern border of this ngaljam, in rich stubble-fields 
shaded by beautiful trees; but as yet no tent was 
pitched, and a great deal of anxiety prevailed, the 
first camels having arrived without their loads, which 
they had thrown off, their drivers having taken to 
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