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write by it to Government and to my wife. During 
the night some mischievous people again drove away 
all the camels of the Kailouees, as well as ours. This 
disturbed us much, and we anticipated fresh extor- 
tion and plunder; but we were assured that we had 
now nothing serious to apprehend. 
2%th. — We stopped here all day to get back our 
camels. The caravan was delayed, and I wrote a 
detailed account of our two affairs to Government. 
A nephew of Sultan En-Noor came to Seloufeeat 
this morning, having heard, probably, of our ar- 
rival. By him I wrote to En-Noor, from whom 
we expect an answer to-morrow. 
In the evening eleven camels of the Kailouees 
were still missing, and six of ours. Nevertheless, 
our people determined to go on next morning. I 
felt much discouraged this evening. A succession of 
bad affairs was constantly contradicting the assurances 
of our escort and their friends ; the people of Selou- 
feeat were also excessively troublesome: there seemed 
no one in the place having authority. At last, near 
sunset, came forward a certain Haj Bashaw, de- 
claring that we had all been too badly treated, ptnd 
he would obtain for us redress. This man has 
considerable wealth, and is in constant communica- 
tion with Mourzuk, where he sends numbers of 
slaves, and possesses property. He probably began 
to quake for his property in Mourzuk, fearing the 
Turks would make reprisals. I went to bed with 
the assurance of this man that he would get back for 
