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CHAPTER XI. 
"July 2,0. — Our party, on quitting Arkeko, consisted of the fol- 
lowing persons. Myself ; Captain Rudland ; Mr. Carter ; Hamed 
Chamie, an interpreter from Mocha and born at Mecca ; Andrew, 
another interpreter, likewise from Mocha, who spoke English well; 
Pierce, an English servant, who spoke a little Arabic ; two Arabian 
servants, Seid and Ageeb ; a boy from Massowah, who spoke the 
language of the country and Arabic; and an old man who carried 
our pedometer : total in number ten. We were accompanied also 
by an old Mussulmaun Sheik, and his little boy, going up into the 
country on a trading expedition, both of whom continued with us 
the whole of our journey, and proved very attentive and useful. 
Our guard consisted of about twenty-five of the Nayib's Ascari ; 
besides whom we had a guide belonging to the Shiho tribe, and 
about ten camel-drivers, natives of the country. 
" The baggage with its escort had already left Arkeko (as men- 
tioned in the preceding Chapter), and the rest of the party were 
preparing to follow, when I found that no animals had been provided, 
except a mule for myself. This was not the time to enter into a 
long discussion with the Nayib on the subject, I therefore hired an 
ass for Captain Rudland, four camels for our servants, and four more 
to carry the tent poles, for which I agreed to pay eight dollars. 
At four P.M. one camel only arrived, and many excuses were made 
