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Amongst the rest, a tax to see the Kasar Janoon; fifty dollars for drinking of the well of Esalan, &c. &c. These matters being at length settled, we proceeded for Aisou, and journeyed a long day of twelve hours and a-half. I was looking out every moment, expecting to clear the rocks, and enter upon the immeasurable stretch of plain reported to us.
What sighs, what shrieks of grief have echoed here! How many tears have watered this track! These thoughts saddened our way; but they seemed at the same time to rouse that enthusiasm which is the only adequate ally to those engaged in such a mission as ours. The son of Shafou is to leave us at Esalan.
This is Waled Shafou's view of the case. We moved on from the well of Esalan in the evening, but only for an hour and a half, to a place in the same wady; where there was abundant herbage for the camels. Here we had another Tuarick dispute. Wataitee pretended to fix at a very high rate his services in answering to our call, and proceeding with us as far as this well.
I this day finished my dispatch, dated from Esalan, respecting the disputes and disagreements I had with the Tuaricks of Ghât; but since then these Haghars have, indeed, appeared very moderate people to us. Thermometer at half-past twelve P.M., under tent, 92° Fahr. Instead of much rain, we have had a squall of wind this afternoon, attended by a slight shower.
Our course was south-west, and so it will continue to be, nearly as far as Esalan, I was amused by an observation of Dr. "It is to travel as much as possible without labour to do all that is necessary, but nothing more.
We determined, however, not to stop at this place, lest the men of Janet might after all arrive; and pushing on, in hopes that our track might be confounded with those of the caravans, we reached, after a rapid march of five hours and a-half, the well of Esalan. As we approached, we saw an encampment in its neighbourhood, and camels grazing about.
The fourth was compromised; we paid twenty-eight reals instead of seventy. The last I yielded, on the condition that I should only give three burnouses. 13th. The water of Esalan is, likewise, nothing but a deposit of rain. Several holes are scooped out in the sand, down to the rocky bed of the valley.
Reach Falezlez Dates left in the Desert Road-marks Disputes with the Kailouees News from Tidek Scarcity of Food in Aheer Similitudes and Signs of the Tuaricks Fine Climate Arrival of Wataitee His Boasting Saharan travelling My Umbrella Grasping Son of Shafou Geology of the Desert The "Person who gives" Another Caravan Tuarick Sportsmen Wady Aroukeen Fine Scene New Trees Kailouee Camels Fine Nights Well New Moon Passing a Caravan in the Desert Origin of the Kailouee Tuaricks Arrive at Tajetterat No Robbers An Alarm Well of Esalan Senna Birds Graves of Slave Children Our Grievances against the Tuaricks.
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