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TliAYELS m AFRICA. 
CiiAP. LXX. 
man who, althougJb intimately attached to the family 
of the Sheikh, originally belonged to the tribe of 
the Berabish, whose chief murdered Major Laing. 
Although I myself had no suspicion that the milk 
which I had drunk had in any way contributed to my 
sudden attack of illness, yet as that man had some 
private animosity against me, and did not seem con- 
tent with a present which I had made him in return 
for his small gift, I became so irritated, that I or- 
dered him away in a very unceremonious manner, 
which caused a most unpleasant scene ; for, at this 
conjuncture, all the people, including my own servants 
and even my very best friends amongst the Sheikh's 
people, without paying any regard to my feeble 
state, gave vent to their feelings against me as a 
Christian. 
But the Sheikh himself did not for a moment 
change his kind disposition, sending me tea re- 
peatedly, and calling frequently to see how I was 
getting on. Fortunately, a tranquil night's repose 
restored me again to health, and the following 
morning my friends came to me, one after the 
other, in order to beg my pardon for their neglect. 
While we were conversing on the preparations for 
my journey, a messenger brought the news of the 
arrival of a very intimate friend of the Sheikh, — Mo- 
hammed ben 'Abd-Allahi el Fiitawi, — who had come, 
with a numerous suite, in order to stay some time with 
the Sheikh, and, if possible, to be cured by me of some 
serious disease : and the prospect of soon leaving 
