Chap. XLI. 
THE FUGA'bu'. 
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not able to conduct us, these people never could. 
Notwithstanding their alliance with the Arabs, they 
are treated with contempt by the latter, and the 
Arabs never omit to add a sneer when they speak 
of the '"damned" (" am bii") Kerada ; for so they call 
the Fugabii. Of course the intercourse of these two 
different people can neither be sincere nor intimate, 
and the natives were only waiting for their day of 
revenge. 
A storm gathering and threatening to burst upon 
us, we hastened away from this spot ; but there was 
only a little rain. In the evening there arrived two 
Shiiwa from the villages of the Woghda, and were 
thrown into irons, in order not to betray the approach 
of the Arabs. 
We went on a short distance to another well Sunday 
situated in a considerable hollow or basin, 0ctober 12th - 
which might afford, and has once afforded a splendid 
place for cultivation, but which at present was en- 
tirely blocked up and made really impassable by rank 
and wild vegetation. With great trouble we pene- 
trated with the first horsemen to the well. Nobody 
had made use of it for a long period. The water was 
very bad and unwholesome. The Arabs had not en- 
camped at this place for at least seven years ; hence 
there was a rich abundance of excellent food for the 
camels ; but the danger from beasts of prey was also 
very great. The ground was full of elephants' dung ; 
and wild pigeons were hovering about in great num- 
bers. 
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