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Enter the inhabited Districts of Aheer Hostile Tuaricks An impudent Demand The Merchant Waldee Prepare for Defence Threatening Appearances Making Friends with Presents March Leave Waldee Doubtful Visitors The Camels stolen The Troop of Assailants draws nigh Parley Their Proposition We are compelled to a Compromise Character of our Enemies Sinister Rumours again Proceed toward Tidek Wady of Kaltadak Picturesque Scenery A Friend from Seloufeeat Fresh Mob collects to attack us Conferences We are to be let go scot-free if we become Muslims We repose Another Compromise for Money Incidents during the Night Quarrel over the Booty Enter the Valley of Seloufeeat Its Soudan Appearance Nephew of Sultan En-Noor Haj Bashaw of Seloufeeat We are still uneasy.
This is my only plan, for I have told them a hundred times not to allow strangers to come and molest my privacy. 30th. The noisy drums have ceased, and most of the Targhee visitors have departed. The people, however, still bring news of razzias, Kailouees with Kailouees. A messenger has returned with his report about the boat; it is quite safe and in good hands, at Seloufeeat.
They levy contributions on the caravans, and on the settled people when they can venture. This is the oasis of Janet, mentioned previously. The valley, which embraces Seloufeeat and Tintaghoda, is said to extend, by a series of connexions, as far as Zinder, probably a fanciful connexion of the people.
A succession of bad affairs was constantly contradicting the assurances of our escort and their friends; the people of Seloufeeat were also excessively troublesome: there seemed no one in the place having authority. At last, near sunset, came forward a certain Haj Bashaw, declaring that we had all been too badly treated, and he would obtain for us redress.
I sent him immediately to lay our case before the Sultan. So it seems that we are to be hunted here, even, in our repose under the protection of En-Noor! It is impossible to tell how we shall get safely to Zinder. Our boat is still at Seloufeeat. Yusuf is gone to see En-Noor. Naturally I feel very much annoyed about the missing camels.
This, of course, would always be difficult for us, except in our capacities as physicians. Dr. Overweg has the best chance of this piece of good luck. 5th. We are much troubled with a nephew of En-Noor, the same that acted as the courier from Seloufeeat to Tintalous. We gave him a white burnouse, and he is worrying Yusuf to let him have a finer and better one.
This is the only man who seems to have any authority in Seloufeeat: the marabouts could do little before he came forward; the people live in the wildest state of lawless independence. In the morning before starting, the Sfaxee and Yusuf came up to me and said, "All up to now was lies; but henceforth all is truth. You have nothing more to fear there is nothing now but good."
A nephew of Sultan En-Noor came to Seloufeeat this morning, having heard, probably, of our arrival. By him I wrote to En-Noor, from whom we expect an answer to-morrow. In the evening eleven camels of the Kailouees were still missing, and six of ours. Nevertheless, our people determined to go on next morning. I felt much discouraged this evening.
A group of five asses had been driven down to it to drink. As we advanced, about noon, a small group appeared ahead. A person of consequence from Seloufeeat, known to our escort, was coming to meet us. He advanced cordially, and told us that he had determined to be our protection.
I must observe, that, considering the time that elapsed between the departure of the courier from Seloufeeat and the arrival of the escort at Tintaghoda, these people had been collected very quickly, which showed En-Noor to be a man of business and authority. I expected we should have some trouble to satisfy thirty-one people.
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