COSTUME OF THE KAILOUEES. 
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least, a little liamsa from the Cbristians, who were 
reported to have a long train of camels laden with 
gold and silver, and all sorts of rich goods. I do 
not doubt the correctness of this news ; it is so 
perfectly Targhee in its kind : but the report of sixty 
maharees pursuing us from the Haghar desert w^as 
always doubted by me. 
There is now news of my stolen tea, and a chance 
of my getting some of it back again, the robbers 
confessing to their friends that they do not know 
what to do with such " herbage^'' as they call it : it 
is quite useless to them. 
The Kailouees and Tuaricks generally do not 
like beards, and cut off the hair of the upper lip 
quite close. Indeed, wearing as they do tlie thilem, 
the beard and the mustachios are completely 
hidden. The Kailouees leave the crown of the 
head, which is close shaved, as in the case of the 
Mahommedans of the coast, quite bare, exposed to 
the sun and weather. Around the lower part of 
the head they wind a long narrow strip of black 
cotton stuff (called roiianee in Soudanee), which is 
continued round the face, upper and lower part, and 
forms the thilem, only about an inch breadth of the 
face being exposed or visible ; that is, the portion 
including the eyes and bridge of the nose. The 
generality of the Kailouees wear, besides, a tobe, or 
long broad cotton frock (or rather shirt, for nothing 
is worn under it at the upper part of the body), 
with immensely wide sleeves. Those a little better 
