The jemidar has been very civil to me, and gives me two guides to go on to Adonde, but no carriers can be hired.

Water is found in wells in the coral rock which underlies the whole place.
_4th April, 1866._--When about to start from Pemba, at the entrance to the other side of the bay one of our buffaloes gored a donkey so badly that he had to be shot: we cut off the tips of the offender's horns, on the principle of "locking the stable-door when the steed is stolen," and marched.

We came to level spots devoid of vegetation, and hard on the surface, but a deposit of water below allowed the camels to sink up to their bodies through the crust.

Hauling them out, we got along to the jemidar's house, which is built of coral and lime.

Hamesh was profuse in his professions of desire to serve, but gave a shabby hut which let in rain and wind.