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LXXVI 16th January 1871 Ramadan ended last [4]
night and it is probable my people & others from the
cohort will begin to travel {#} after three days of feasting
It has been so rainy I could have been done little though
5I had had {#} people {#}         {#}

22nd a party reported to be in the way hither - This
is likely enough - {#}but reports are so often false doubts
arise -        Muhamad says he will give men when the
party of Hassa        ni comes or when Dugumbe
10arrives                 My                         Nassickers cooly assert
that they did       not                 desert         after         this
it will be im-       possible     to take the
ringleaders{#}                 but         some
will believe{#}         them as         for
15instance Mr     Tozer & Co

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There is no desert in all the
5country said to be travelled over
It is every where fertile & covered
with rank vegetation = this is the
most unlikely part of the tale