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beauty ; whilst wells are treasures of wealth, as 
indeed they are verily in the desert. A Tuarick 
may be said to know every stone of his arid 
kingdom. 
Taking these things into consideration, and 
making a merit of necessity, we agreed together to 
offer him thirty reals. He had already come down 
to fifty, and now accepted the thirty, but said they 
must be the large ones, or douros (dollars). It was 
arranged that I should pay the money to En-Noor in 
Aheer ; for all now had become convinced that not 
one of us three had any dollars worth speaking of 
left. I believe I have some six or seven, whilst the 
Germans have none. If we had brought a thousand 
with us, they would all have been scattered to the 
wind in these Tuarick countries. Our servants, 
being persuaded that we have no dollars left, have 
sworn to the fact: so that my candid declaration, 
" That if they were to kill me, they could not find 
ten dollars to pay them for their trouble," is now 
believed. 
\4:th. — Wataitee came early to my tent, and asked 
me for a bit of sugar. I gave him half a loaf, with 
which he was apparently well satisfied ; for after- 
wards he asked if I had any letters to take to Ghat. 
I consigned to him a letter for Mr. Bidwell and my 
wife. Wataitee amused Barth by recounting to 
him numerous dues which he had failed to pay. 
Amongst the rest, a tax to see the Kasar Janoon ; 
•Mty dollars for drinking of the well of Esalan, kc. 
