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At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling. Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside. Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of "Hi, hi, Master -- Tararaboomdeay -- Mrs. Langtry -- Hi -- Charlie -- Porter, sah? -- Very good guide, dis fella, Master. " Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.