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seeing such crowds about the wells, knew if he 
did not adopt that means of driving them away, 
he should not be able to procure water for the 
cattle during the day, and, although the death 
of the man and girl killed at the gate was, in 
addition to the false alarm, the consequence of 
his cleverness, he was nevertheless permitted to 
escape with imtpunity — nay, he was not so much 
as called to an account for his conduct. Saada 
was so pleased with his slave's adroit stratagem, 
that he not only laughed at the affair, but, when 
spoken to by the friends of the deceased, told 
them they were rightly served. The scene of 
confusion and uproar which for several days ex- 
isted at Boolibany, from the immense numbers 
of people who flocked to it for security from 
the unwalled towns, was beyond any thing I 
had ever witnessed. It, however, ended in a 
scarcity of provisions which necessitated them 
to return to their homes. 
