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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
tracks were evident^ we concluded they had devoured it. The Doctor 
arrived at noon; his dahabyeh had been some distanee off. He 
gave no hopes of the recovery of the corporal. Two fine tortoises 
were picked up. Carlo shot an antelope. The Doctor’s dahabyeh 
and consort arrived. The corporal died at sunset ; all the men are 
wailing over the corpse. It is a sad time. 
THE DAPCHAE 
June \7th . — At sunrise the corporal’s grave was dug; the spot 
chosen was distant from the river a quarter of a mile. A luxuriant 
tree (the Arabs call it dapchar) shadowed it. This tree bears a 
lemon-like fruity which I sketched. When boiled it is eaten by the 
negroes. 
The grave was four feet deep,, and a chamber formed at the 
bottom was covered with sand ; here the body was to be placed. 
