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CHAPTER XV. 
Leave Seloufeeat — "City of Marabouts " — Fair Promises — ■ People 
of Aheer — Aspect of the Country — Extraordinaiy Reports — A 
Flying Saint — Prophecies — A Present — Expense of our forced 
Passage — Hopes — Fears — The Marabouts — Geology — The 
coming down of the Wady — Inundation — Restoration of our 
Camels — Maharees from En-Noor — El-Fadeea — Arab Tuaricks 
— Maghata — Picturesque Wady — Rainy Season — Another Flood 
— Dangerous Position — Kailouees and Blacks — The Escort 
arrives — The Marabout Population — Reported Brigands — The 
Walad Suleiman — Pleasant Valley — Escort leave us — Difficulty 
of satisfjdng them — Robbery — Proceed to Tintalous — Encampment 
— The Sultan — A Speech — V/e wait in vain for Supper — Want 
of Food. 
Sept. 29th. — I rose early, and heard the good news 
that the camels missing in the first affair were found 
and brought to our people. This filled everybody 
with good spirits, and we got off as soon as w^e could 
from Seloufeeat. We were obliged to leave the boat 
in the charge of a faithful inhabitant, to fetch as soon 
as we arrived at Tintaghoda. Before starting, Haj 
Bashaw made Yusuf write a letter in his name to 
Mourzuk, to the Bashaw^ Mustapha and Makersee, 
declaring that he had not had any news of us or 
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