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a fine black Niipe tobe and a black litham ; Hanna, 
a tiirkedi and a litham ; the four Awelimmiden, viz., 
Bodhal, Riwa, Aliso, and Sabet, each a lithdm, besides 
some smaller articles ; and each of the sons of Khoze- 
maten and Hanna, the half of a litham. Every one 
was content, although some of them would have liked 
to receive articles of greater value. 
There being no prospect that Alkiittabu would 
join us here, as we were told that he had gone to 
drive back a predatory expedition of the Kel-fadaye, 
I returned the fine black horse which the Sheikh had 
made me a present of, and which I had destined for 
the chief of the Awelimmiden, to the former, who was 
going to visit that chief, in order that he might present 
it to him in my name. I also made ready the present 
which I intended to make to Thakkefi, the son of the 
former chief, and El A'gwi, a near relation of his. 
The Sheikh himself showed his consciousness of 
our approaching separation by assuming a lively air. 
In the evening I had a very animated conversation 
with him and Sidi A'hmed el Waddwi, the most 
learned of his pupils, with regard to the shape of 
the earth, and succeeded, at length, in clearly de- 
monstrating to him its globular shape and the cir- 
cular motion of the whole system of the planets. 
He was not a little struck when, speaking of what 
was above the earth and under it, I told him that, 
with regard to the Omnipresent Being, such as we and 
they recognise the Almighty Creator of the universe 
to be, the idea of an above and below was not to be 
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