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give him a beautiful piece of cloth if he would allow his ass 
to carry my luggage. This arrangement seemed to please 
him. On the evening of our separation, I wished to make 
a third present to my guide, consisting of a piece of coloured 
cloth I but he declined accepting it, telling me, that in ser- 
ving me he had not been influenced by motives of interest, 
but by the wish to perform an action which would be agree- 
able to God and the prophet. He added that I had a long 
journey before I should reach Mecca, and that, as my resources 
were not great, they would if I made frequent presents soon 
be exhausted. I was not to be duped by this ; I perceived 
that he wanted something else-: in fact he asked me to sell 
him a pair of scissors and some paper. Being convinced 
that I should be thought greedy if I sold him these articles, 
I promised to give him them at our parting, which was to 
be the next day. During the journey I had lent seven hun- 
dred cowries, partly to my guide and partly to other persons 
of the caravan. They all faithfully repaid me. 
On the morning of the 5th of February, I went, accom- 
panied by Karamo-osila, to call on the man from Time, with 
whom I was henceforth to travel. At parting from my old 
guide, I presented him with the pair of scissors and the 
paper which I had promised him. He asked me for some 
cowTies to enable- him to pursue his journey, under the pre- 
tence that his colat-nuts would not sell, and that he should 
be unable to purchase provisions : I paid little attention to 
his request. Although I had every reason to praise his con- 
duct, yet I parted from him without regret, for 1 was conti- 
nually annoyed by his people, and principally by his wives, 
who took pleasure in tormenting me. I was their butt, and 
a constant subject of amusement to them. Indeed, during 
the halts, from the annoyance which I experienced, 1 might 
have fancied myself still at Time ; the men never took the 
trouble to make them hold their tongues. 
At seven o'clock on the morning of the 5th of Febru- 
