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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXVIII. 
refused to have recourse to violence till lie had re- 
ceived stricter orders to that effect and more effectual 
aid ; for, in the event of his having driven me out, 
and anything having befallen me, the whole blame 
would be thrown upon him, as had been the case with 
Sidi Bu-Bakr the governor, who, obeying the orders 
of Mohammed Lebbo, had obliged the Rais (Major 
Laing) to leave the town, and thus, in some measure 
was the cause of his death, that distinguished tra- 
veller having thrown himself in despair into the arms 
of Hamed Weled c Abeda, the chief of the Berabish, 
who murdered him in the desert. 
But, on the other hand, the emir endeavoured *to 
dissuade my protector, who was about to send a 
messenger to Alkiittabu*, the great chief of the Awe- 
lfmmiden, to summon him to his assistance, from 
carrying out his intention, fearing lest the result of 
this proceeding might be a serious conflict between 
the Tawarek and the Fulbe. However, from all that 
I saw, I became aware that the chance of my de- 
parture was more remote than ever, and that, at 
least this year, there was very little prospect of my 
leaving this place ; for the messenger whom the 
Sheikh was to send to the Tarki chief, and of whose 
departure there had been much talk for so long a 
time, had not yet left, and the chief's residence was 
several hundred miles off. I therefore again pro- 
* I will here remark, although I have to speak repeatedly of 
this chief, that the name seems to be an abbreviation, meaning pro- 
bably ( Jai that is, " pillar of the faith." 
