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‘Ipris, without arms, having joined the'man who had ad- 
“vanced towards us,-went’~down with -him to the body of 
‘ftrangers, and the treaty was foon agreed’ to. Two of ‘the 
principal men among them approaching me without their 
lances, and the compliment of peace, “ Salam Alicum’ and 
‘Alicum Salam!” was’ given and returned by both fides. 
They feemed, however, ‘ftartled at feeing the Bithareen' with 
‘both his hands chaihed; but'I told them, that had no re- 
gard to them, and defired Idris’ to order their camels to go 
on; and one of the Barbarins i in’the meantime brought them ze 
a gourd full of water, ‘and bread, for eating: together is like — 
‘pledging your faith. They’ fhad‘not heard of the fate-of 
“Mahontet Aga,and feemed'very ill-pleafed at it, faying, that 
Abou Bertran was a thief and a murderer. All-the camels 
‘being paft, I afked them ‘whither they were ; going? They 
faid to Atbich, iweft of ‘Terfowey, to’-gather fenna for the 
government of Cairo. ‘I: would very fain have \had.them to 
fell or exchange with mea couple of camels. ‘They faid 
theirs were not ftrong’; that before they could reach home 
they would-be much.in the fame condition with ouriown; 
‘that they were obliged to‘load them very: heavily, as indeed 
the bags they had behind them to carry: the fenna feem- 
ed to indicate their: profit was but fmall, fo-that the etnce 
.of one.camel: was a mott ferious lols. (48, S10 
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dian to the two Ababdé that had Venda bah és, 
‘They faid, they intended totake water at Terfowey, and we ~ 
‘told them briefly the accident by which ‘we:came in :com- 
pany with the Bifhareen. They, on the contrary, thought 
that we had been a party of foldiers from Afflouan who ap- 
~prehended the Arab. Immediately after which they con- 
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