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proceeded as soon as we entered the town. He 
gave me a joyful welcome. He had heard of my 
disappearance and had just returned from a haz¬ 
ardous trip in search of me. Supposing that I 
had fallen into the hands of Ogumulla’s men, he 
started for Ebaddan under the protection of a 
royal messenger. At Ewo, he learned that a si¬ 
lent white man, who was riding a very big horse 
and looked sick, had passed through there on his 
way to the interior. He was so well satisfied it 
was I that, most fortunately for me, he returned 
at once to Awyaw without proceeding to Ebad¬ 
dan. He had just dismounted when I rode up. 
He sadly told me that the same messenger who 
had informed him of my disappearance had also 
told him that my wife, supposing that I had been 
murdered, had been prostrated by her grief and 
was not expected to live. 
Mr. Reid sent to salute the king and to inform 
him of my safe arrival, but that 1 was too much 
fatigued to appear before him in person. The 
king sent a messenger at once congratulating Mr. 
Reid on account of my safety and giving me per¬ 
mission to proceed at once to Ejahyay without 
appearing before him. I will say here, by way 
of parenthesis, that I was very fortunate in this 
matter; for Ardayloo was very much under the 
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