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PEOPLE OF TINTAGHODA. 
When the waters had subsided a little the 
nephew of En-Noor came to us from the town, 
to see our situation. He then went to meet the 
Maharees which had arrived from his uncle, and 
soon sent to tell us that ail was right, that this party 
came purposely to afford us protection, and that it 
included the sons of En-Noor, their nephews, and a 
son-in-law, besides many household servants ; in 
all, thirty-one men mounted, and the rest on foot. 
In the evening we moved out of the valley, and 
encamped on the high ground. The rain continued 
to incommode us. The things of the Germans 
were all wet — I managed to keep mine dry ; but 
our sense of security now kept up our spirits. 
Towards the evening the vv^hole male population 
came out of the town to see the ravages of water, 
and learn how we fared. There might be fifty 
persons, men and boys. These marabouts pretend 
that, when they first saw the escort of En-Noor, 
they thought it was an enemy come to attack us 
whilst isolated by the floods of rain. 
They said there were some hundred bandits and 
other lawless men collected behind the rocks, wait- 
ing for us, but on seeing the escort of En-])^^oor 
they had retired by small numbers. Certainly 
there may have been some twenty or thirty such 
people, and, undoubtedly, the escort of En-Noor 
produced a salutary effect upon these brigands, as 
well as upon the holy maraboutee population who 
drove away our camels. 
