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to give them, preferring to let him have the camel, 
which is hardly worth ten dollars. This manner of 
recovering our lost or stolen camels amounts to 
buying them over again. But it has been our 
misfortune all along, that our friends, and those 
who profess to be such, and all who attempt to aid 
us — every one of them, have profited by our losses, 
and the disasters which have befallen us. This 
dispute has been referred to En-Noor, and they have 
accepted five dollars, which I offered them. 
I this day made out the statement of the prin- 
cipal items of expenditure which the expedition has 
incurred from Mourzuk to Tintalous, including the 
escort to Zinder. It amounts to the enormous sum 
of three thousand mahboubs, or about six hundred 
pounds sterling ! ! If we do not proceed better than 
this on the future part of the journey, the expedition 
will at any rate be bankrupt and ruined for want of 
funds. 
236?. — Yusuf and I brought before Overvveg 
this morning the necessity of his assisting in re- 
lieving the Government from the double payment of 
the sums advanced by the Sfaxee. He agreed that 
it was highly important to save this money, and 
promised to place his goods at my disposal for sale 
in Soudan. 
On the departure of the caravan for Zinder and 
Kanou every male inhabitant will leave Tintalous, 
some starting with it and others going for salt, 
leaving only the women and children behind. This 
