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proved most difficult to obtain the means of reaching 
Kiikawa, as I had no money at my disposal. For, 
to my great disappointment, the servant whom I had 
sent to Zmder on the 18th, in order to bring from 
thence the property which I had deposited there, 
as well as the merchandise which had arrived after- 
wards, returned on the 4th November empty-handed, 
bringing nothing but a few letters. It was now that 
I heard that the news of my death had been every- 
where believed, and that a servant of Mr. Vogel's, to- 
gether with a slave of 'Abd e' Rahman's, had arrived 
in Zmder from Kiikawa, and had taken away all the 
merchandise that had reached that place on my ac- 
count, the box with the 400 dollars and the cutlery 
having been stolen long before, immediately after the 
assassination of the sherif 
Thus, then, I was left destitute also from this side, 
and I felt the want of supplies the more, as my head- 
man, 'All el A'geren, supported by the wording of the 
contract which I had entered into with him, had 
claimed here peremptorily the payment of the rest of 
his salary, which amounted to 111 dollars, and I had 
been obliged to request Sidi 'AH to pay him this sum 
on my account. This man had cost me very dear, 
and if I had possessed sufficient means I should have 
discharged him in Timbuktu, as he there threw off all 
alleofiance and obedience to me as soon as he became 
aware of the dangers which surrounded me. He was 
likewise of very little service to me on ray return 
journey ; but of course he was now anxious to excuse 
