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CHAP. XLIX. 
ENDEAVOUR TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. ARRESTED. FINAL EN- 
TRANCE INTO MAS-ENA'. — ITS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES. 
As soon as day dawned, I arose to prepare Fridav 
for my departure. The sky was overcast, A P rill6th - 
and a little rain fell, which caused some delay ; but 
as soon as it ceased I got my camel ready and my 
horse saddled. Several of the relations and friends 
of BiiBakr endeavoured to persuade me to remain ; 
but my determination was too fixed, and, pointing at 
the disgraceful manner in which I had been treated in 
this country, I mounted my horse and rode off. My 
three servants, themselves dissatisfied with the treat- 
ment they had received, followed sullenly. 
We retraced the path by which we had come ; but 
the rains had made it almost undiscernible, and we 
had some difficulty to make out the right track. The 
sun was very powerful after the rain which had fallen 
during the night, as is very often the case in tropical 
climates ; and it not being my design to abscond 
secretly, I decided upon halting, during the hot 
hours, in Mokori, and quietly pitched my tent — for I 
firmly expected that, if my presence was required, it 
was here they would seek for me. After the bad 
