500 CORRESPONDENCE . * 
This white man remained some days at Timbuctoo 5 then 
he quitted it. He was met by the Moors who are called 
Berabiches. These killed him, stole his money^ and left 
behind the books which he possessed. 
Saleh says that, if the christians wish for these books, 
they have only to send some one to him, and that he will 
restore them. 
The Berabiches are the Moors who inhabit the envi- 
rons of Timbuctoo and Arawane. 
The King of Timbuctoo is named (j^Xi\!^ (el-Khach). 
Narrative of a Moor from Timbuctoo (communicated by 
the Baron Roger. 
St. Louis, September, 1828. 
On my way hither from my own country, I passed 
through Timbuctoo, when I learnt that a white man, who 
had resided there some days, had been murdered on his 
way to Sego; and the circumstances of that unfortunate 
event, as related to me, in that town, are as follows : 
This European, who came from Tripoli, and expres- 
sed a desire to proceed to the Senegambia, travelled with 
a Jew of Barbary, who acted as interpreter ^ he was at- 
tended by four black servants, and possessed nine camels 
