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staying in A'zawad, had drawn up a map of the whole 
northerly part of the desert from Tawat as far south 
as the hiilet or the place of residence of his father. 
Meanwhile, while we were conversing about the 
fate of my precursor in the exploration of these re- 
gions, my host assured me repeatedly of my own per- 
fect safety in the place, and promised that he would 
send the most faithful of his followers, Mohammed 
el f Aish, with me to the Tawarek, from whence I 
might continue my journey in the company of my 
former companion. Such, I think, was really his 
intention at the time, but circumstances, which I am 
soon to detail, were to change all these premature 
plans. 
Having returned to my quarters, I sent my host his 
present, which consisted of three bernuses, viz. one 
helali, or white silk and cotton mixed, and two of the 
finest cloth, one of green and the other of red colour; 
two cloth kaftans, one black and the other yellow; 
a carpet from Constantinople ; four tobes, viz., one 
very rich, of the kind called " harir," and bought 
for 30,000 shells, or twelve dollars, one of the kind 
called filfil, and two best black tobes ; twenty Spanish 
dollars in silver; three black shawls, and several 
smaller articles, the whole amounting to the value of 
about SOL He then sent a message to me, expressing 
his thanks for the liberality of the Government in 
whose service I was visiting him, and stating that 
he did not want anything more from me; but he 
begged that, after my safe return home, I would not 
