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by different perfons who arrived from the camp, that there had 
indeed been a Ikirmifli, in their relation of which they varied 
much from each other ; but they all agreed that the Bey had loft 
a greater number of men, and that the only cattle which he had 
obtained, were a few camels and fome flieep that the ftraggling 
parties from the camp had feized. 
Wearied with fruitlefs expectations of a peace, difappointed 
in their expedients, and warned by the increaling heat, that the 
feafon for a journey to Fezzan was already paft, the Shereefs 
now refolved to proceed to the intended places of their Summer 
refidence. 
The Shereef Fouwad retired to Wadan, his native town ; and 
the Shereef Imhammed, with tears in his eyes, and an earneft 
prayer that he might fee his friend Mr. Lucas again in Novem- 
ber, retired to the mountains, where he had miany acquaintance^ 
and could live at a fmall expence, 
March 20th. A few days afterwards, Mr. Lucas took leave of 
the Governor, to whofe civilities he had been much indebted, and 
having accompanied a fmall caravan as far as Lebida, embarked 
in a coafting veffel at the neighbouring village of Legatah, and 
went 
