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to shine with great power ; and at the gate we sepa- 
rated, the sherif taking his way directly towards his 
quarters in the southern part of the town, while I 
was obliged to go first to the house of the governor, 
the famous Dan-Tanoma (the son of Tanoma, his 
own name being entirely unknown to the people); but 
on account of his great age, neither on this nor on a 
later occasion did I get a sight of him. Indeed he 
was soon to leave this world, and by his death to 
plunge not only the town wherein he resided, but the 
whole neighbouring country, into a destructive civil 
war between his two sons. 
However, on my first visit Giimmel was still a 
flourishing place, and well inhabited, and I had to 
pass through an intricate labyrinth of narrow streets 
enclosed between fences of mats and reeds surrounding 
huts and courtyards, before I reached the dwellings of 
the few Arabs who live here ; and after looking about 
for some time I obtained quarters near the house of 
Salem Maidukia (the Rothschild of Giimmel), where 
my Morocco friend was lodged. But my lodgings 
required building in the first instance, as they con- 
sisted of nothing but a courtyard, the fence of which 
was in a state of utter decay, and a hut entirely fallen 
in, so that there was not the least shelter from the 
sun, whereas I had to wait here two days at least for 
my new friend, whose company I was not inclined to 
forego, without very strong reasons, on my journey to 
Kukawa. 
However building is not so difficult in Negro- 
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