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difficult for people to obtain powder and sliot in 
these countries. We made a line of barricades with 
the boat. Amongst our defenders appeared the three 
Azgher Tuaricks,^ who followed us from Tajetterat, 
and overtook us above the well of Aisou. We gave 
them powder and shot, and they swore they would 
die for us. 
In the evening two mounted men came up, and 
made the same demand of our escort that the single 
man had made the night before ; namely, that they 
should give us Christians up to forty or fifty Tua- 
ricks, collected from the various districts around. 
This impudent demand was again rejected. 
The opinion of all the caravan now seemed to be, 
that this was an idle threat of some dozen bandits, 
and that the people generally would not turn out 
inimical. 
Merchant Waldee came again this evening, and 
gave us increased encouragement not to be afraid. 
The more we saw of this man the better we liked 
him. He brought for us, also, the favourable news 
that the Sheikh of Bornou was on good terms with 
his neighbours, the people of Wadai" and Darfour. 
I shall endeavour to return via these countries to 
the Mediterranean, if possible. Our people fired 
again to-night. In the evening I presented Boro 
of Aghadez with a fine burnouse, and his son witti 
^ Those people are sometimes called Haghar, and sometimes 
Azgher, in the journal. The latter appellation is probably the correct 
one in this case. — Ed. 
