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FANATICISM DIVORCED WOMAN. 
mng, and much rain. The sky was covered with 
clouds, yet the thermometer rose at half-past three 
in the afternoon to 82° in our tent. I walked a 
little before the tent early this morning, to keep 
up my bodily vigour. I had a little internal pain 
yesterday. If I suffer in Africa from disease, it 
will most probably be from dysentery. God grant 
that I may escape, find be grateful for his mercy ! 
Sultan En-Noor yesterda}^ observed, respecting 
the passage of CJiristians through these countries, 
" that after a short time the feelings of the people 
would subside, and nothing more be thought of us." 
This may be ; but it will require the passage of 
many Christians before the tendenc}^ to fanaticism 
is sufficiently curbed to render the road safe for 
them. 
1 mentioned in my diary at Mourzuk, that 
one of our blacks had exercised the privilege of 
divorce with respect to his wife. This lady did not 
leave the caravan, but has since passed from tent 
to tent, as the caprice of fortune carried her. 
She was first taken up by Sakonteroua; then by 
En-jX'oor, our Kailouee guide; and afterwards by 
some other person. Yesterday I saw her in the 
tent of the Sfaxee. The poor woman submits to 
the inconstancy of Fortune with marvellous fortitude. 
She is now quite merry, and inclined to play the 
coquette. Poor thing! Let us be thankful for her 
that she has been granted this elasticity of temper, 
