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TOOARIKS. 
bash of water, some dokhnou, and the bread which I had 
received from Sidi-Abdallahi ; the bread being hard we 
soaked it in the water, into which we put a little butter and 
honey. This mixture was to us a delicious beverage. The 
slaves had for their supper some sangleh seasoned with butter 
and salt. These good-natured creatures were so kind as to 
offer me some of their meal. 
On the 5th of May, at sun-rise, we resumed our journey. 
We still proceeded towards the north, upon ground similar 
to that over which we passed on the preceding day. A few 
stunted bushes were descried here and there, and also some 
salvadoras, which the camels devoured. 
Towards noon we approached a less level region, where 
the ground was raised into slightly elevated mounds, all in- 
clining in the direction from east to west. The heat was 
suffocating, on account of the east wind, which raised great 
clouds of sand : our lips were covered with it ; our thirst 
became insupportable ; and our sufferings increased in pro- 
portion as we advanced further in the desert. We fell in 
with two Tooariks, who were going to el-Arawan, and 
whom we took to be the scouts of a troop of these marauders. 
Fortunately they were alone. They were both mounted on 
one camel. On the left arm they had a leather buckler ; by 
the side, a poniard ; and in the right hand, a pike. Knowing 
that they should meet us in their route, they had brought no 
provisions with them, and trusted to the caravan for a supply. 
These robbers, who would have trembled at the slightest 
menace, if seriously made, took advantage of the terror which 
their name and the crimes of their tribe every where spread, 
and obtained whatever they demanded : in a word, the best 
of every thing was presented to them. On the one hand, 
there was a sort of rivalship in offering them whatever they 
chose to eat ; on the other, to give them water, though it 
would be six days before we should come to any. At last. 
