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large hamlet, consisting of matting dwellings, or 
seniha, inhabited by the Kel-iilli and the Tgelad, 
proteges of the Sheikh, being closely attached to 
it. The consequence was, that although the whole 
locality, formed by a sandy ridge with a slight de- 
pression full of trees, presented a more cheerful 
aspect than the former encampment, by degrees it 
became rather narrow and confined. Having re- 
ceived the compliments of my new friends, I en- 
deavoured to make myself as comfortable as possible ; 
but not much repose was granted me, for, about three 
o'clock in the afternoon, Mohammed ben Khottar, the 
Sheikh's nephew, arrived with a verbal and peremp- 
tory message from the former to his elder brother, 
Sidi Mohammed, to the effect that the Fullan Avere 
about to storm my house in the town, in order to seize 
my luggage which I had left there ; and desiring him 
instantly, and without the slightest delay, to bring 
me back, as all these proceedings were the con- 
sequence of his (Sidi Mohammed's) indiscretion. 
Eoused by this angry message, the noble son of 
the desert repented what he had done to the detri- 
ment of his brother's interest, and calling together 
by strokes of the tobl, or great drum, which hung 
ready on the top of the sandy slope, all the people 
capable of carrying arms, he mounted his mare, with 
his four-barreled gun before him, while I, with my 
two servants, followed behind. 
Thus it appeared as if I was destined once more 
to enter Timbuktu, and this time under very war- 
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