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had already encamped. Mr. F. Warrington, with 
my German colleagues, were a little in advance. 
The horses of the Pasha's cavalry were feeding 
around ; for when the first belt of sand is past, the 
country becomes an undulating plain — a prairie, 
as they would call it in America — covered with 
patches of corn herbage. Here and there are fields of 
barley ; and a few Arab tents, with flocks and herds 
near at hand, give a kind of animation to the scene. 
'Next day (21st) it rained hard ; but we went on 
a little to overtake Drs. Barth and Overweg, whom 
we found in company with Mr. F. Warrington, Mr. 
Vice-consul Reade, and Mr. Gaines the American 
consul. One of Mr. Interpreter Moknee's wives 
had also come out here, to have some settlement 
with her husband about support before she let liim 
go. The gentleman has two wives, both negresses; 
and had already made an arrangement for the other, 
who has several children, of six mahboubs per 
month. First come, first served. The second wife, 
who has Uyo children, only got three mahboubs a 
month. However, when matters were arranged, 
the pair became rather more loving. These settle- 
ments are ahvays hard matters to manage, all the 
world over, and it is pleasant to get rid of them. 
By the way, a son of the worthy Moknee, by a 
white woman now dead — a lad of about twelve years 
of age — accompanies us, at least as far as Mourzuk. 
The most remarkable persons, however, whom 
I found at the encampment were a couple of insane 
