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life to the service of the shrine of his prophet. With reference to 
white men who some years ago were travelling in his country^ the 
old man said he had known most of them intimately. Abdelkerim 
(Dr. Barth) had returned to his country^ but Jacoub (Richardson) ^ 
on his way to Kuka^ died at Ungurutua j and Tabib (Overweg) had 
been taken ill at Kuka_, and died soon afterwards at Maduari. 
Abdelkerim (Dr. Barth) ^ prior to his setting out from Kuka for 
Zanzibar j had deposited four boxes and a large telescope with Hadji 
Beshir^ the Vizier but the former having been slain by Sultan Ab- 
derahman_, they were seized by him. His brother^ Omar^ subse- 
quently deposed and slew him^ and then took possession of the boxes 
and their diminished contents. On the arrival,, some four or five 
years afterwards^ of Abd il Wahad (Dr. Vogel) ^ the boxes^ in a 
dilapidated state^ were consigned to him^ and he^ Dr. Vogel^ gave 
them to Hadji Dries. The lock had been forced,, and most of the 
contents had vanished. Hadji Dries found therein several bottles^ 
some empty^ and others full of unknown medicines ; one containing 
Epsom salts he partially used, and the remainder were then in his 
possession. Hadji Dries produced from his wallet a large pocket- 
book, whence, carefully folded in paper, he disclosed a green-lined 
envelope containing a sheet of note paper, or rather half a sheet of 
letter paper doubled in form of note paper on which were written 
the following recommendations, copies of which, on May 22nd, 
1864, I forwarded to the Royal Geographical Society, viz. : 
“‘KOUKA, 
“ ‘ Decemher Slsf, 1855. 
“ ‘ I beg to recommend to the good-will of all my friends the 
bearer of this, El Hadge-a-Dris, from Kouka, who has shown 
me, during my stay here, always the greatest kindness, done 
