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CHAPTER XXU. 
Departure from Timbuctoo on the 4th of May, 1828. — Cara- 
van of six hundred camels. —Entrance of the desert. — Suf- 
focating heat. — The caravan falls in with the Tooariks. — 
Manner in which the Arabs direct their course in the 
desert. — Aspect of Sahara, like the bed of a sea without 
water. — Details respecting the caravans. — The place where 
Major Laing- was assassinated. — El-Arawan, a city in the 
desert : its springs, population, and trade.— Information 
respecting Tawat and Walet. — Caravan of four hundred 
camels. — Disheartening effect of the view of endless sands 87 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
Violence of the east winds. — Pillars of sand. — Scarcity of 
water. — Deplorable situation of the caravan.— -Hills of loose 
sand, — Rocks of granite. — Wells of Telig. — Toudeyni, rich 
salt mines. — Thistle of the desert. — Vexations and persecu- 
tions of the Moors, their intolerance. — Wells of Cramps. — 
Wells of Trases or Trarzas. — Trajacant Moors. . . . 108 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Wells of Amoul-Gragin« — Enormous serpents. — High sand- 
hills called Heik. — Wells of Anioul-Taf. — Hills of various- 
coloured granite. — Wells of el-Ekseif ; very good water. — 
Wells called Marabouty, el-Guedea, Mayara, and Sibicia. — 
High and steep mountains, defiles and precipices. — A severe 
fall. — Encampment of Sidi-Aly. — El-Harib. — The Berbers. 
Tatta. — Description of the country at el-Harib, customs ; 
the tribes who inhabit it 131 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Country of el-Drah — Zawat. — el-Hamid. — Bounou. — Town 
of Mimcina. — Camp of Berbers, — Tabelbat. — The Tawats. 
— Wells of Yeneguedel, of Faratissa, of Bohayara — Cus- 
toms of the Berbers. — Wells of Goud-Zenaga, of Zenatvia, 
