78 FILTHY COOKERY OF THE MOORS. 
better to loll in their tents and to chat or sleep. In other re- 
spects, my situation was more agreeable than in the king's 
camp ; I never suffered from hunger, for I had commonly 
sangleh twice a-day with a little milk to it. At noon and at 
ten o'clock at night they gave me my allowance. At noon I 
had sometimes cheni instead of sangleh, and sometimes my 
sangleh was moistened with cheni and butter ; but this mess 
was always so filthy, that I often went without my dinner on 
account of the nasty way in which the butter is made ; 
nevertheless it is a great luxury amongst the Moors — none 
but the rich eat it, and they very seldom. The marabouts 
live better than the hassanes because they employ their slaves 
in gathering haze ; the men eat sangleh once a-day, and drink 
milk at night ; the women live entirely upon milk. In the 
dry season, when milk is scarce, the marabouts go to Fouta 
to buy millet in exchange for cattle and Guinea cloth. Those 
who have no means of buying it, content themselves with 
what milk they have ; and to a certainty they are very ill off, 
for in the months of February and March the best cows do 
not give above two bottles a day. The poor who have no 
herds of their own are maintained by their tribe, every 
inhabitant of the camp in turn giving them the milk of one 
cow ; this however is only amongst the marabouts. 
Those who have large herds and flocks kill a cow or a 
sheep, but it is a rare event : during the seven months 
that I spent in Mohammed-Sidy-Moctar's tent, only ten 
were killed, and those during the dry season, for they are 
never killed when milk is abundant, or after the millet 
harvest. 
The wealthiest hassanes eat meat once a day ; some, 
however, from economy, refrain from it for several days. 
They are great gluttons, and if they were to eat as much as 
they liked, their flocks would not be capable of supplying 
their wants. They never eat to their heart's content except 
on a journey, when they can levy contributions upon their hosts. 
