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younger brothers, Sidi rieimn, had the preceding day 
come to pay him a visit as he was passing through 
this country, and when I was ascending the sandy 
hill, on the slope of which their matting dwelling 
had been erected, he came out to meet me, and com- 
plimented me in a very cheerful manner. He was a 
respectable man, with a very pleasing countenance, 
and had with him his son, a most beautiful boy of 
seven years. 
I could not help thinking what a noble family this 
was. They were all sons of Sidi Mohammed el 
Kunti, the chief who received Major Laing in A'za- 
wdd. First, Mukhtar, Bakay's elder brother^ who 
succeeded to his father when that chief had succumbed 
to an epidemic fever which raged in A'zawad, just 
at the time of Major Laing^s arrival, and who died 
in 1847 ; then Sidi Mohammed, a man with a truly 
princely demeanour ; then El Bakdy himself ; next, 
'Abidin, likewise well deserving the distinguished 
position of a chief, although he differed in politics 
from El Bakay ; then Hamma, a man with whom I 
did not become personally acquainted, but who was 
represented by all as a noble man ; Sidi Flemin ; Baba 
A'hmed ; and Sidi A'mmer. This latter is the young- 
est, but certainly not the least noble of the family. 
While on a visit to S6koto, together with his brother 
El Bakdy, he made a deeper impression upon the 
people, and obtained their favour more generally, than 
his elder brother. A'lawdte is the only member of 
this family, who, with the exception of his learning, 
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