"Oh, she is all right," said Buralli, "she'll marry again!"
"A bachelor this time, I think, Buralli."
"Sahib," said Mahomed the interpreter, "he was a wise king who passed the law that a European gentleman should have only one wife."
"Perhaps it was a queen, Mahomed!"
"Sure, it must have been a queen!" said the wise Mahomed.
[CHAPTER VI]
CONCERNING SOMALS
Tribal location—European Protectorates—Characteristics—The old Akil—A tale of treachery.