Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

72 DHOW-CHASING.
night became so
delirious, that on my waking
up, I found him just getting into the water.
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Where are you going, Roberts ? "
" The fellow wants me," he said, as he swam
away from the side; so, going after him, I
persuaded him that " the fellow " was in the
boat, and induced him to return and get on
board again, or, rather, I got him lifted in, for
he was too weak to mount the side by himself.
We returned to Ibo a day or two later, and
discharged the sick to the " Dee;" then, having
filled up the vacancies in our crew, left again for
the northward.
At noon, on the
19th April, we sighted the
" Castor," and at 3 p.m. we returned to the old
ship, having been nearly seven months away
from her ;
but notwithstanding this we all felt
sorry to give up cruising in the boats.