re just in time to see the meeting
between Tom and his wife. Though so many years had passed away since he
had parted from her, he appeared to know her immediately, and if he
exhibited his feelings in a more exuberant manner than a white man might
have done, they were not the less affectionate and genuine.

Ned introduced Sayd, expressing his gratitude for the protection he had
received. Mr Hanson and Charley at once recognised him as the young
Arab who had been saved from the sinking dhow. It was necessary now to
arrange what was to be done next. The two parties agreed to camp
together on the knoll, and resolved to proceed to the coast by the route
Mr Hanson and his people had followed, thus avoiding the savage
warriors who had just been defeated, and who would undoubtedly seek for
an opportunity of revenging themselves. An important point, however,
had to be settled. Would Tom return with his son to Kamwawi, or would
they accompany the English back to the coast?

"Me lub him wife, him son too; but him lub Massa Pack, an' Baraka's
heart break if he not say good-bye. And Missie Sally an' Missie Mary!
Oh! what shall him do, what shall him do?"

Tom had some difficulty, it appeared, in persuading his wife and Chando
to proceed to the coast, but the descriptions he gave of the wonders
they would see overcame their objections. Still, Chando expressed the
not unreasonable fear that he might be seized by Abdullah and carried
off again into slavery, and very nearly turned the scale the other way.
Mr Hanson, however, through Sayd, promised him protection, and his
mother's fears on that score were quieted.

The two parties now united forming a strong body, marched through the
country without opposition, except from the natural difficulties which
presented themselves.

The "Hope" was found at anchor in the harbour, where Lieutenant Pack had
promised to wait for the expedition, having returned there the previous
day.

His joy at recovering his nephew may be supposed. Sayd, who had
expected to be obliged to carry his ivory to Zanzibar, was delighted to
find that Mr Pack was ready to purchase the whole of it at a far higher
price than he could have expected to have obtained at that market.
Leaving his people encamped under the command of Sambroko and Hassan, he
accepted an invitation to return on board the "Hope" to Zanzibar to
purchase fresh stores for another expedition, and he promised Ned that
he would not only n