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THE GHAT TUARICKS. 
who stand to them somewhat in the relation of the 
Kouroglouss of Algiers to the Turks. They occupy 
the tract between Ghat, Tuat, and Timbuctoo. 
6. Sagamaram ; located on the route from Aisou 
to Tuat. 
7. Oulimad ; tribes surrounding Timbuctoo in 
great numbers. In conjunction with the Bere- 
bisheers, a tribe of Arabs, they shut up the road 
between Aghadez and Timbuctoo by their predatory 
character. 
8. Tanelkum, located in Fezzan. 
We have been making inquiries of the Ta- 
nelkums about the population of Ghat and its 
deserts. The Tanelkums say, that ten or twelve 
years ago Khanouhen brought up about ten thou- 
sand maharees against the then masters of Mourzuk, 
the Walad Suleiman, headed by Abd-el-Galeel. 
The ten thousand maharees were the whole force 
and strength of the Azgher, Khanouhen having 
called out every male ; for every man of the Azgher 
is a warrior. The Arabs, seeing the number of the 
Taaricks, deemed it expedient to make peace. 
From this circumstance, it would be supposed that 
the Azgher may number from five to ten thousand 
families, nearly all located west of the Soudan 
route, along the lines of the Ghadamez and Tuat 
routes ; where, it is said, there are fertile valleys, 
in which dates and corn are cultivated. But 
at Ghat I could never learn anything of these 
wadys- During my last visit I had no time, 
