IMPORT UN I TIE SOF SIDI-ALY. 
might have, he said, the means of purchasing provisions 
for my journey to Tafilet, those which had been given me 
at Timbuctoo and el-Arawan, having been wholly con- 
sumed by himself and his family. Wishing to retain my 
cloths, which might probably prove serviceable to me in 
future, I resisted his importunities, and thus cheating his 
cupidity ran the risk of exposing myself to his resentment. 
My resolution, however, produced no ill consequences. 
