But if, at any time, you have a longing to come back to your own country, I will pay your passage, and give you enough to make you comfortable for life." Harry remained but a few days in Bombay, wound up his affairs with his agents there and, being fortunate in finding a vessel that was on the point of sailing, took passage in her for England.

The voyage was an uneventful one.

They experienced bad weather off the Cape but, with that exception, carried all canvas till they entered the Channel.

Here they encountered another gale, but arrived safely in the Thames, four months after leaving Calcutta.
It was now January, 1806, and after going with Abdool to an hotel, Harry's first step was to procure warm clothing for himself and his follower.

The weather was exceedingly cold, and although Abdool had, as he considered, wrapped himself up in an extraordinary way, he was unable to keep warm, except when sitting in front of a huge fire.
"Is it always like this, sahib ?" he asked, in a tone of great anxiety.
"Oh no, Abdool, only for perhaps two months out of the twelve.