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I sent him, also, some hamsah and dates. This gladdened him much, for he is very short of provisions, and has many servants with him; amongst the rest, two or three female slaves, one of whom, a fat, buxom girl, must require prodigious nourishment. When the pool of Ailouah is not filled by rain-water, recourse is had to a well near at hand, which supplies sufficient quantities.
How important are wells in the desert, and how one learns to mark their existence! The valley which we have been traversing three days from Sharaba to Ailouah is called Barjouj, and is remarkable for the tholukh-trees, which are scattered here and there throughout its whole extent.
Our movements are not exactly free, but we must not seem to notice this circumstance; and if they insist on our taking the route by the capital, in order to have an opportunity of increased plunder, must give in with as good grace as possible. The 2d and 3d of July we stopped at Ailouah.
But I keep as far from the Tuaricks as I can, and do not visit them. I find this to be the best policy. We feed them every night, and they are apparently contented. The weather continues cool, the wind being always partly from the north. Many birds, crows and others, pretty large, were seen about the wells of Ailouah; and a rival sportsman to Dr.
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