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CHAP. LXXVIL 
TOSAYE, OR THE NARROWING OF THE RIVER. BURRUM ; ANCIENT 
RELATION TO EGYPT. — GREAT SOUTH-SOUTH-EASTERLY REACH. 
At length, in the course of the 8th, my protector 
returned from his herd of camels, or, as the Arabs 
call it, " kissib," bringing with him seven fresh 
camels. He was accompanied by a nobleman of 
the country, and a near relative of his, of the name 
of Sidi 'AH. Soon after his arrival, he came ex- 
pressly to ask me, whether one of our steamboats 
would be able to cross this rocky passage, and I told 
him that, as far as I had been able to investigate the 
character of the locality from this point, I thought there 
was not much difficulty for a small boat or launch, at 
least during the highest state of the river. In the 
evening, he sent me a small bullock to cut up for our 
journey, and a short time afterwards a camel, in order 
to supply the place of the most exhausted of my 
animals, and it now appeared as if we were fully 
prepared to pursue our journey at a more accelerated 
rate. 
Friday, Haviug takcu leave of all the new friends 
June 9th. ^i^Qgg acquaintance I had made here, I 
