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"Which o' you gents will begin dis pullin'?" he called. "Now, sahs, come on." Pink pushed his horse towards the edge of the crowd, but he was hailed with dissuasive cries. "Aw, hold on, Pink." "Don' be so bigoty." "Who you-all think ye are?" "Where's Bob Morgan?" "Yes, Bob's the feller!" "O-oh, Bob!" It was their tribute to the Doctor, this giving precedence to his son, and Bob so understood it.
We have now given at Tintalous to the value of nearly a thousand dollars, and yet we have not received the smallest present in return not a supper the day of our arrival, not a little butter or fruit; nothing, absolutely nothing! Our servants have nearly procured all the ghaseb which they require for the journey from this to Zinder, viz. one hundred sahs.
I made this day a list of objects of barter: A looking-glass in a tin case, value, in Tripoli, thirty paras, purchases here two sahs of ghaseb. A common print handkerchief, value fourpence English money, only purchases three or four sahs of ghaseb. Eight drâa of fine white calico are equal to one metagal; three of which metagals is a large dollar.
Then, with a deft movement, Mutton Chop's fingers closed gently round the little animal, and to the astonishment of the four officers the Haussa placed the rodent in his breast pocket. "Me hab mascot same as officers, sahs!" he explained. "No put him here, sah; me make tidy." "And there's the officers' call!" exclaimed Dudley as a bugle rang out. "Dash it all, how's a fellow to put on the thing?"
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