We may not come early, for we have to purchase two pack horses to carry them, and three tats for ourselves and our man.

This may take us some time, and it will be, perhaps, better for us to come to you early the next morning, and we can then start away direct." This was arranged, and on the following day, two strong animals were bought for the packs; and three tats, or ponies, for their own riding.
Dick had disposed of the horse he had ridden down to Tripataly for a good price, and had also been supplied with funds by his mother, although, as he said, the contents of their packs ought to suffice to pay all their expenses, for a long time.
Then they purchased some provisions for the journey.

The pack horse they had brought with them was laden with these, and the goods brought up from Amboor.

The new pack horses were taken round to the trader's, and the goods sent from Seringapatam packed on them.

Then they mounted and rode off at a walk, the pack animals following Ibrahim's horse, tied one behind the other.
They had already debated upon the course to pursue, and finally decided that they would, in the first place, again visit Savandroog; for the conviction Dick had entertained, that there was at least one white captive there, had increased rather than diminished.
"I can't give any good reason for it, Surajah," he had admitted, when they talked it over before starting, "but it is just because I have no good reason to give, that I want to go there again.