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wady, where, during the season of rain, there are 
always two or three pools of good water ; there is 
also now a little herbage for the camels. During 
our ride we met a small slave caravan, and learned 
the important intelligence that there are several 
people of the Sultan En-Noor of Aheer at present 
at Ghat with slaves. This will be useful to us. I 
wrote to my wife and others by this opportunity, 
and trust the missives will reach their destination. 
The weather is cool and pleasant to-day ; and we 
are led to hope that the great heat of summer is 
already past. The wind followed exactly behind 
us as we pursued our south-west course. On 
arriving we found, rather to our surprise, the 
pilgrim caravan, and our old friend Abd-el-Kader. 
They have been some time reposing in Wady 
Gharby collecting provisions, and, I imagine, passing 
their leisure hours with the Fezzanee ladies, which 
they could not very well do in Mourzuk. The mo- 
rality of these people is easy enough, and no doubt 
the pilgrimage covers a multitude of sins. 
Talazaghee is remarkable for some bas-reliefs 
cut on the naked sandstone rocks of the wady, in 
a very peculiar style ; the principal tableau, if I 
may so call it, about four feet by three in size, is a 
battle between two persons, one having a bird's 
head, and the other a bullock's, with a bullock 
between them taking part in the fray. Each 
person is holding a shield or bow. The sculptures 
are mere outline, but deeply graved and well 
