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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AEEICA. 
yard^s end^ believing that our disasters arose from its not having 
been placed there before : his request was complied with. At my 
desire he gave a copy of the prayer : Petherick translated it as 
follows : 
We recommend ourselves to God_, and whoever doeth this_, He 
careth for him^ for God is almighty and merciful. 
In the name of the One God^ the Eternal^ neither born^ nor 
multiplying^ neither related to any one ; in Thy name^ great God, 
we exhort Thy mercy in the night of power, so anxiously expected, 
that blessed night, more valuable than a thousand months, when 
angels will descend with the Holy Spirit, and bestow salvation on 
all who love Thee before the day hath even dawned. 
In Thy name, O God the Almighty, if the earth quakes and 
destroys man and his works, and ruins mankind and his treasures, 
a warning day giveth notice of it, that our God, when men are 
prepared and trembling for judgment, may award evil unto him 
who hath committed evil, and return good unto him who hath 
deserved it. 
“ In Thy name, O God of the faith, do not try us, but bestow on 
us Thy grace, and enrich us with Thy blessing. Amen.^^ 
The morning damp, .cold, and cloudy. Petherick went out early 
to shoot, with one attendant. It is of the utmost importance that 
we should be careful of the preserved provisions, as we all under- 
stand that this will be a protracted journey. At noon Petherick 
had not returned. I was becoming uneasy, and became still more 
so when his servant came back without him. I could hardly be 
made to understand that he was well. Halima, who could interpret 
my imperfect Arabic, soon quieted my fears ; and then Foxcroft, 
who had been on shore, came forward (he had become learned in 
the language) and explained that Petherick, meeting some of the 
