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dwellings, I had plenty of occupation during this 
and the three following days which we remained 
here, in conversing with the natives. 
Sadaktu himself was very unwell, and greatly 
wanted my medical assistance ; but after I had made 
him feel the efficacy of my medicines so strongly 
that he declared every evil to be removed from his 
body, he did not reward my zeal with so much as a 
drop of milk. I therefore could not help observing, 
to the great delight of his subjects, that he was the 
most niggardly chief I had ever met with. There 
were, however, others who were more social and com- 
municative, if not more liberal, than this chief. There 
was, first, a wealthy and good-looking man of the 
name of Jemil, of the Kel-Burrum or the people of 
Burrum, who evidently originate in a mixture of free 
Songhay people and I^n6shagh, and he himself, 
seemed to unite in a certain degree, the qualities of 
these different nations, while his rich dress and his 
embonpoint proved that he was not an austere in- 
habitant of the desert. A great deal of trouble was 
caused me by another man of the name of Simsim, 
the son of Sidi A'mmer, and the eldest of seven 
brothers, a very rich A'm6shagh, who was totally 
blind, but who, nevertheless, expected rae to re- 
store his sight ; and it really seemed as if my friend 
El Bakay confirmed him in this belief, in order 
to obtain from him some handsome presents for 
himself. 
This person also had the stately appearance pe- 
