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against me, but he even preferred me, the Christian, 
to my Mohammedan companion, the Mejebri, 'AH el 
A'geren, who was sometimes led, through fear, to 
take the part of the Walati; and the Mejebri, who 
thought himself almost a sherif, and was murmuring 
his prayers the whole evening long, felt not a little 
hurt and excited when he found that the Sheikh placed 
infinitely more reliance upon me than upon himself. 
In order to convince the Sheikh how sensible I 
was of the confidence which he placed in me, I made 
a present of a blue cloth kaftan to Mohammed Boy, 
the son of the chief Galaijo, who had studied with 
him for a year or two, and was now about to return 
home by way of Hamda-Allahi. But, unluckily, I 
had not many such presents to offer, and a nobleman 
of the name of Mulay 'Abd e' Salam, who had sent me 
a hospitable present of wheat and rice, was greatly 
offended at not receiving from me a berniis in 
return. 
Meanwhile the Fulbe, or Fullan, sent orders to 
Dar e' Salam, the capital of the district of Zankara, 
that their countrymen inhabiting that province should 
enter Timbuktu as soon as the Sheikh should leave it. 
The latter, in order to show these people the influ- 
ence he possessed, decided upon taking me with him 
on an excursion to Kabara, which is the harbour 
on the river, where the Fulbe were generally acknow- 
ledged to possess greater power than in Timbuktu, 
on account of the distance of the latter from the 
water. I followed him gladly, that I might have an 
