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INCIDENTS OF THE JOURNEY. 
This prevents them from begging of me. They 
heg of Barth and Overweg, who do not notice 
them. As I am " the person who gives," I am 
obliged to be very polite, but distant. 
%th. — We started at sunrise, and made a short 
day of seven hours and a-half, resting at last in a 
wady surrounded with rocks, where there was some 
good herbage. 
In the course of this march we met another 
portion of the large Soudan caravan, and con- 
signed to it our letters. They brought the news that 
the Tanelkums were a day only in advance, having 
halted to take up water at Aroukeen, where they 
dug again the old well which had been blocked 
with stones. 
This caravan informed us, besides, that, the 
body of the large caravan was resting at the well 
of Tajetterat. They had seen no Tuaricks. We 
begin to hope that we have been disturbed by 
false alarms. 
At about four hours from the encampment of 
yesterday we descried some mountains to the south- 
west. Near them is the well of Janet, said to be 
about seven hours out of the line of route. It is 
a frequent resort of Tuaricks, who come -to the 
neighbourhood for hunting purposes. All this re- 
gion is favourable to sport. Along our route to-day 
were noticed footmarks of wild oxen and wadan. 
Wataitee asked me whether he should go to 
see if there were any Tuaricks at Janet, to get 
