DEPARTURE FROM TRIPOLI. 
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CHAPTER II. 
Start from the Masheeah — Painful Parting — CLaouch's Tent — A 
Family Quarrel — Wady Majeeneen — A Rainy Day — Moknee's 
Wives — Two mad Fellows — Great Ascent of Gharian — Tedious 
Day's "Work — The Castle — View over the Country — Garrison — 
Troglodytes — Turkish Tax-gathering — Quarrelsome Servants — 
Proceed over the lofty Plain — Underground Villages — Kaleebah — 
The Batoum — Geology — A Slave Caravan — Cheerful Blacks — 
Rows — Oasis of Mizdah — Double Village — Intestine Discords — 
Interview with the Sheikh Cmer — A Pocket Province — A Dream 
of Good Omen — Quarrels on Quarrels — Character of Fezzanees — 
A Leopard abroad. 
The preliminary miseries of a great journey being 
at length over, I rose early on the morning of the 
30th of March and started from the Masheeah, 
a kind of suburb of Tripoli, distant in the country, 
at six. Hope and the spirit of adventure sustained 
my courage ; but it is always sad to part with those 
we love, even at the call of duty. However, I at 
length mustered strength to bid adieu to my wife — 
the almost silent adieu of affection. How many 
things that were thought were left unsaid on either 
side ! It will be pleasant to fill up all blanks when 
we talk of these days after a safe return from this 
arduous undertaking. 
It was a fresh, cheerful morning, succeeding 
several days of sultry weather — an auspicious com- 
