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men of A'khbi, as more especially the sons of E'g el 
Henne, Woghdugu, and his brethren, Mohammed, 
Aniti, and Mini, all of whom are of a very cheerful 
disposition, and (as far as it is possible for a Tarki 
to be so) even amiable men. Among the former 
there was a boy named Kiingu, whose arrogance at 
first was a little troublesome, but eventually he be- 
came one of my best friends, and even now occupies 
a foremost place in my remembrance. He was a 
nephew of A'khbi's, and his father had been distin- 
guished for his valour and warlike enterprise, but had 
been killed in battle at an early age, like most of the 
kinsfolk of this chief, so that the boy was brought up 
and educated by his mother, Tatinata, who was a 
daughter of AVdb, the chief of the Tademekket 
whom I have repeatedly mentioned on former occa- 
sions. 
A'khbi himself was a man of about forty years of 
age, good-looking, but of an overbearing character. 
His father, Sdlem, who had died a few months before 
at a very advanced age, had been distinguished by his 
intelligence, while A'khbi, as soon as he acceded to 
power, had broken his allegiance to his liege lord, 
and entered into open hostilities with him. He had 
allowed his own small tribe, which scarcely numbered 
more than two hundred fighting men, to be divided 
into two hostile encampments, and in consequence of 
that feud had sustained a very heavy loss amongst 
his own followers. His quarrel with Alkiittabu was 
evidently a consequence of the intrigues of the Fiilbe 
