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THE ESCORTS. 
the ruins of huts that had been carried away by 
the waters. Ferajee invited me to visit the Water 
with him, and I went. In this neighbourhood 
the rocky heights assumed their boldest forms, 
many of the peaks being considerably elevated : all 
granite. 
Some people were heard in the evening, when 
dark, and we fired several shots. The Tanelkums 
had seen men skulking behind the rocks during 
our short march. 
2d. — We rose early, and made a march of 
eight hours and a-half : country as yesterday. Our 
Kailouee escort left us at noon, to go to Aghooou 
and Janazaret, or Zanairas, their homes. I must 
write the characters of En-Noor, Deedee, and 
Ferajee hereafter. They are pretty well fixed in my 
memory. These individuals are amongst the number 
of persons who " turned out," to use the vulgar ex- 
pression, better than we anticipated from their 
first transactions with us. 
On encamping, Mohammed, the son-in-law of 
En-Noor, came to my tent, and told Yusuf that 
we must now pay for our escort, as we were within a 
few hours of Tintalous, and did not require it more ; 
also that the people wished to go to their homes, 
for they had been collected from various parts of 
the country. I must observe, that, considering the 
time that elapsed between the departure of the 
courier from Seloufeeat and the arrival of the 
escort at Tintaghoda, these people had been collected 
