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that, before we left the country, circumstances might 
allow us to complete the survey and exploration of the 
Tsad, which was both our own wish and that of the 
British government. Our addresses and our presents 
having been received with equal affability, we took a 
hearty leave, and returned home. On the last day of 
August the sultan signed the treaty, expressing more- 
over the hope that, if merchants should actually visit 
the country in quest of other merchandise than slaves, 
the slave-trade might be gradually abolished. 
I was now enabled to arrange all our money mat- 
ters, which were in a very confused and desperate 
state ; for, besides the large debt due to the merchant 
Mohammed e' Sfaksi, we were indebted to the vizier 
alone for 500 Spanish dollars. Not being able to 
satisfy all our creditors with ready money, there 
having been sent only 1050 dollars in cash, I ar- 
ranged with the merchant, giving him 200 dollars in 
cash, and a bill for 1500 dollars on Fezzan, while I 
paid all the smaller debts, as well as that of the 
vizier. Indeed we might now have been able to 
achieve a great deal, if it had been our destiny 
to remain together — for in the beginning almost all 
our efforts were paralyzed by the smallness of our 
means, which did not allow us to undertake anything 
on a large scale ; but it was our destiny, that, when 
sufficient supplies had arrived, one of us should suc- 
cumb. 
1 have already observed that, when on my return 
I met my companion before the gates of the capital, 
I was surprised at his exhausted appearance ; and 
