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did not at all concern,) but would settle the matter with their su- 
perior, when we arrived at Massowah. This, I told them, was my de- 
termination, and forbad Abdallah to interpret another word on the 
subject. The only fear now was, that we should not get any animal 
to carry them away. As soon therefore as tranquillity was a little 
restored, we took an opportunity of making rather a larger present 
than we had intended, to the two Sheiks, and distributed the re- 
mainder of our tobacco among the lower order. This completely 
removed their scruples, and they immediately assisted, most cor- 
dially, in repacking the sacred spoils, and in fastening them on the 
back of a camel. It was eleven o'clock before we got away : we 
saw many deer on the road, and, by accident, caught a doe big with 
young, that had been previously wounded. She was large, of a 
light-dun colour, white on the belly and rump, with small black 
horns, which were circled with rings. Captain Court stopped at the 
wells to take the meridian altitude, and, at half past one, we were 
welcomed on board the Panther by all our friends." 
This second tour of Mr. Salt through Dhalac, has completely 
proved that the account of it, as given by Mr. Bruce, is in a great 
degree false; and leaves it extremely probable, that he never 
landed on the Island. " The three hundred and seventy cisterns, all 
hewn out of the solid rock," have, after the most minute investiga- 
tion, been reduced to less than twenty; and of these not one is to 
be found at Dobelew, where he asserts, as an eye-witness, " that 
they are neglected, and open to every sort of animal, and half full 
of the filth that they leave there after drinking and washing in them." 
If the plan of the island of Dhalac, the harbour of Dobelew, and 
the surrounding islands, as laid down by that excellent hydro- 
