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CONTENTS. 
Said's new Wife — Wild Cauliflowers — Tolerance of the Kai- 
louees — Men go to fetch Salt from Bilma — Approach of Dr. 
Barth — Lion's Mouth — Tibhoos and Kailouees — Mysteries of 
Tintalous — Fewness of Men in Aheer — Trees preserved in the 
Valley — Bright Stars — Method of Salutation — Purposed 
Start — Kailouee Character — Champagne at Tintalous — The 
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CHAPTER IV. 
Dr. Barth's Journey to Aghadez — Description of the Route — Tig- 
gedah — Luxuriant Scenery of Asadah — Plain of Tarist — 
Beautiful Valley — Buddeh — Small Caravan — Aghadez — its 
Inhabitants — their Occupation — The great Koku, or Sultan 
— Asbenouee Revolutions — Election of a Prince — Interview — 
Ceremony of Investiture — Razzia — Intricate Political System 
— Account of Aghadez — Mosque — Environs — Women — Tribes 
of Asben — The Targhee Family — Population of the Ghat 
Districts — of Aheer — The Oulimad and Tanelkums — Tribe 
of Janet — Haghar — Sagamaram — Maghatah — Extent of 
Aheer — Connexion with the Black Countries — Mechanism of 
Society in Aheer — Chieftains — Tax-gathering — Food of the 
Kailouees — Maharees — Amusements — Natural Features of 
Asben — Vegetation — Cultivation — Manufactures — Bags for 
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CHAPTER V. 
Projected Departure for Damerghou — False Start — Picturesque 
Caravan — Sultan's Views of White Skins — My Birthday — The 
Sultan fights his Battles over again — His Opinion of Women — 
Bragging — The Razzia on the Fadeea — Political News in the 
Desert — Cold Weather — Continue our Journey — Bornouese 
Fighis — Tin-Tagannu — Trap for a Lion — Mousa's Camels — 
A further Delay — Jackals and the Fire — Language of Signs — 
Tintalousian Coquettes — Departure of the Zinder Caravan — 
Natural Features — Languages — The Kilgris — Killing Lice — 
The Razzia to the North — Present of a Draught-board — Pagan 
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CHAPTER VI. 
Medicine for Bad Eyes — A summary Proceeding — News from the 
Salt-Caravan — Towns and Villages of Tesaoua — Earthquakes 
— Presents for the Sultan of Maradee — Yusuf 's Insolence — 
English Money in Aheer — A Razzia on the Holy City — Bor- 
nouese Studies — Gipsies of Soudan — En-Noor and the Mara- 
bouts— Ghaseb — State of the Weather — Calculations for the 
