FROM PETHERICK’S NOTE-BOOK. 
July 2nd . — Saturday was looked upon as a lucky day by all con° 
nected witb us^ to commence our homeward journey. The Mission 
waggon^ one built at the abandoned station of Santa Croce^, had 
been borrowed and was on our premises at an early hour. Servants 
and sailors^ under the superintendence of our old and tried servant 
Ibrahim (for many years my factotum) , commenced conveying our 
traps on board. The willing fellows,, in the absence of trained cattle 
to draw it,, pulled and pushed the waggon, with a will, to and from 
the boat, situate from our house about three hundred and fifty 
yards. Before sunset everything was on board, and, although 
under the influence of a hurricane of wind and dust, we persisted 
to embark before the sun was on the horizon, in order not to lose 
the prestige of the day. Our moorings were shifted about a boat^s 
length, and every one on board expressed satisfaction that our 
journey had commenced. 
July 4tth . — As usual, several trifles had been forgotten, and to 
wait for them Ave quietly dropped down stream, to enjoy the quiet 
and shade of a grove of date-palm trees, half a mile distant from 
the town. 
In answer to a note from Miss Tinne, wrote a few lines to say 
