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also made common cause with them, so that, had they not been 
deterred by the superiority of our fire-arms, I am persuaded that 
even our lives would scarcely have been safe. They made de- 
mands of tobacco, rice, coffee, and liquor, on the plea that the 
Nayib had given them nothing but a little juwarry. These we 
resisted ; but, at length promised to buy them some goats and 
juwarry, if we met with any, and to give them a small quantity of 
tobacco ; but to satisfy such villains was impossible. We quitted 
Weah at three P. M. and passing the torrent, which was shallow? 
and running in an easterly direction, proceeded over the plain to 
the south a little westerly. Captain Rudland made an excursion 
with his gun, and saw many deer of different kinds, hares, par- 
tridges, and guinea-fowl : he was attended by a famous Shangalla 
hunter, armed with his spear and shield, the latter of which was of 
a circular form, two feet and a half in diameter, and made of the 
skin of the rhinoceros. He was a very handsome young fellow, 
straight-limbed, and appeared to be a truly brave man, for he was 
well behaved, and despised the wrangling of the Ascari. 
" We saw a few people of the Shiho tribe on the hill, and some 
wolves : after passing a second stream as muddy as the former, we 
encamped for the night. The name of this station is Markela ; it 
was at that time occupied by a tribe of the Hazorta, which had come 
down with its flocks into the low country for water. The Sheik 
of the tribe called himself a Dancalle. Their encampment was 
nearly circular, and about a hundred yards in diameter, well fenced 
with thorns and brushwood : within was a circle of rude huts 
composed of sticks and mats, and placed at equal distances from 
each other ; while the vacant space in the centre formed a secure 
