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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXXIV. 
watiye themselves were greatly excited against me, 
as if I had had anything to do with the proceedings 
of the French against Wdrgela ; and he assured me, 
that, if I had still been in the town, they would have 
been the first to have threatened my life. He had 
only slept one night in the camp, and then left early 
the following morning, and therefore knew nothing 
about our protector's coming, but he confirmed the 
fact that there were letters for me. Fortunately, 
on returning, he had been informed that we had 
changed our camping-ground, and finding a guide, 
he had been able to join us without delay. The 
suniye of negro-millet fetched at the time, in the 
market of Timbuktu, 4500 ; a large block of salt of 
about 601b. weight, 5000; and k61a nuts, from 80 
to 100 shells each. With my limited supply of 
means, it was fortunate that I never became ac- 
customed to the latter luxury. 
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