Chap. LXXXIV. DEPARTURE OF MR. VOGEL. 
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afternoon of the 20th January. But our start was 
rather unlucky, several things having been left behind ; 
and it was after some delay and uncertainty that we 
joined the people who had gone on in advance with 
the camels, at a late hour, at the village of Diggigi. 
Here we passed a cheerful evening, and drank with 
spirit to the success of the enterprise upon which my 
companion was then about to engage. Mr. Vogel had 
also taken with him all his meteorological instruments, 
and his luggage being of a manifold description and 
rather heavy, I foresaw that he would have great 
trouble in transporting it through the difficult country 
beyond Yakoba, especially during the rainy season ; 
and indeed it is evident, from the knowledge which 
we possess of his further proceedings, that he 
either left his instruments behind in the capital of 
Baiichi, or that he lost them in crossing a river be- 
tween that place and Zariya. As for his barometer, 
which he had transported with great care to Kiikawa, 
it went out of order the moment it was taken from 
the wall. 
Having borne him company during the following 
day^s march, I left him with the best wishes for 
his success. I had taken considerable pains in 
instructing his companion. Corporal Macguire, in 
the use of the compass, as the accurate laying down 
of the configuration of the ground seemed to me of 
the highest importance in a mountainous country 
like Baiichi and A'damdwa. For Mr. Vogel himself 
could not be induced to undertake such a task. 
