- The banquet is ended. I slaughtered two bullocks,
and had a barbacue; three sheep, two goats, and fifteen chickens,
120 lbs. of rice, twenty large loaves of bread made of Indian
corn-flour, one hundred eggs, 10 lbs. of butter, and five gallons
of sweet-milk, were the contents of which the banquet was formed.
The men invited their friends and neighbours, and about one hundred
women and children partook of it.
After the banquet was ended, the pombe, or native beer, was brought
in in five gallon pots, and the people commenced their dance,
which continues even now as I write.
September 19th. - I had a slight attack of fever to-day, which has
postponed our departure. Selim and Shaw are both recovered.
About 8 P.M. Sheik bin Nasib came to me imploring me not to go
away to-morrow, because I was so sick. Thani Sakhburi suggested
to me that I might stay another month. In answer, I told them
that white men are not accustomed to break their words. I had
said I would go, and I intended to go.
Sheikh bin Nasib gave up all hope of inducing me to remain another
day, and he has gone away, with a promise to write to Seyd Burghash
to tell him how obstinate I am; and that I am determined to be
killed. This was a parting shot.
