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sidered, my camels were in a very bad condition, and 
there was good reason for my kind friend and pro- 
tector looking about for some fresh animals to enable 
me to reach more favoured regions. He therefore 
determined to set out from this point to the nearest 
of his " kissib," or herds of camels, while we were 
to wait for him at a place called Tin-sherifen. 
The river, which, in its present state, was about 
900 yards from our camp, had here a very shallow, 
and not at all an imposing appearance, although a 
few miles below it enters a very rocky district, where 
it is enclosed by steep banks and broken by islets and 
cliffs. Four boats were lying on the shore. The place 
was called Igomaren. 
The encampment of Sidi riemm was large, consist- 
ing of very spacious leathern tents, where Tawarek 
and Fiilbe, and some Arabs also, were living together 
in peaceful copnmunity. Although they are tole- 
rably wealthy, they have only asses, and no horses. 
A good many Tawarek joined us here the day of our 
arrival, and, while I rewarded the most respectable 
amongst them with a small present of some kind or 
other, I had some difficulty in satisfying a more power- 
ful lord of the name of Miki, the son of Elesa ; and 
found it still more difficult to satisfy his companion, 
or " enhad," who, as is very often the case in Europe, 
raised his pretensions much higher than his master. 
The blind Simsim also accompanied us to this 
place, and troubled me not a little with begging 
a remedy for his blindness. Among other chiefs, 
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