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people we travel with. In regard to the matter of 
presents, God give me patience with them. 
30^y^. — There is no answer from En-Noor, nor 
are our camels forthcoming ; which things naturally 
cause us anxiety. But let us hope for the best, and 
pray to God to deliver us from all our misfortunes. 
We wait here to-day to see the results, and pro- 
ceed to-morrow. This morning I made the account 
of the forced passage of the expedition from Taghajeet 
to this place (Marabouteen). It amounts to the 
enormous sum of nine hundred mahboubs — more than 
one hundred and fifty pounds sterling ! I do not know 
what Government will think of it ; but the expen- 
diture incurred was certainly to save our lives. 
I gave this morning more presents to our 
servants, and lectured them on their duties. All 
things considered, they have behaved very well. 
When they saw the great quantity of goods given 
away, or forced from us by strangers, they naturally 
began to think what there would be left for them, 
who always remained with us, and worked for us. 
The being chief of an expedition of this kind is 
certainly no sinecure; but I am sure that no one 
who has not occupied a similar post can conceive 
the anxieties and disquietudes under which I have 
laboured during all these difficult days. Almost 
ever since our departure from Ghat we have been in 
fear, either for our lives or our property. Danger 
has ever hung hovering over us, sometimes averted, 
sometimes seeming to be turned into smoke; but 
