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POSTSCEIPT.

A FEW days after our arrival at Suakim we embarked on ttie steamship Arcot, Captain Burke.

Mr. Brewster, tlie head of the Custom-house, Mr.

Maximos, a Greek merchant, and Mr. Bewley showed us great kindness during our stay at Suakim, but we were not sorry to say good-bye to Africa on March 26, 1880. I gladly take this opportunity of acknowledging the courtesy which was shown to us by all on board the Arcot, but our thanks are especially due to the chief officer, now Captain Gr. D'Arcy Clarke, who spared no trouble in his endeavours to add to our comfort, and who was most considerate in giving explanations and information to the Waganda. To them wonders and marvels increased as they travelled farther and farther from their own country, and frequently it was difficult to convince them of the reality of much that they saw. The great salt sea, which in spite of warning they would persist in tasting, the black stones which burned, the engines and wheels of the ship, the lighthouses, the mighty waves of the Atlantic, were objects of fear as well as of wouder.

The number of ships at Suez and Port Said struck them with astonishment; but all they had seen