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the wife among these Moorish tribes, and that which 
she enjoys among the Tawarek, is extraordinary, al- 
though even the Tawarek have generally but one wife ; 
but while the latter is allowed to move about at her 
pleasure quite unveiled, the wife even of the poorest 
Arab or Moor is never seen unveiled, being gene- 
rally clad in a black under and upper gown, and the 
wives of the richer and nobler people never leave their 
tents. The camp life of course would give to co- 
quettish women a fair opportunity of intrigue ; but 
in general I think their morals are pretty chaste, and 
the chastisement which awaits any transgression is 
severe, a married wife convicted of adultery being 
sure to be stoned. An incident happened during 
my present stay at the tents which gave proof of 
love affairs not being quite unusual here, — a Tarki, 
or rather A'mghi, having been murdered from motives 
of jealousy, and brought into our camp. But I must 
confess that I can scarcely speak of the mode of life 
in an Arab or Moorish encampment ; for the camp of 
the Sheikh, as a chief of religion, is of course quite an 
exception ; and moreover the neighbourhood of the 
Fiilbe or Fullan, who, in their austere religious creed, 
view all amusements with a suspicious eye, has en- 
tirely changed the character of these Moorish camps 
around the town, and it may be in consequence of 
this influence that there was no dancing or singing 
here. 
Notwithstanding trifling incidents like these, which 
tended occasionally to alleviate the tediousness of our 
