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THE FORAY ON THE FADEEA NEWS. 
cover them. But I was glad to hear the news that 
the Sultan of Asoudee was successfully chastising 
all the people who on the road attacked us. 
He had punished the people of Azaghar and of 
Seloufeeat, even the son of Haj Bashaw; and the 
Haj himself, who was' said to he our friend, because 
he did not look after his son. The Sultan acts 
quite according to my opinion, making all the prin- 
cipal people of Seloufeeat and other places respon- 
sible for the conduct of the poorer and lower classes. 
It is said that the Fadeea have fled ; but others say 
that they have been captured, and all our property 
which could be found seized in the name of the 
Sultan of Asoudee. All the steps taken by this 
Sultan have been directed, more or less, by En- 
Noor. He can muster, it is said, two thousand 
warriors — for every able-bodied man fights in this 
country. This expedition may be useful for future 
travellers from Europe, but I fear we shall get 
back none of our property. 
As a specimen of the political news strained 
through the brains of the people of Tuat, I may men- 
tion that the Tuatee, recently arrived here, reports 
that " the King of the Frenchmen has run away to 
England, and carried with him all the money of the 
French," and, moreover, that "as the French con- 
quered Algiers by distributing large dollars to every 
one, and hold it by the same means, the French now, 
having no money, must soon relinquish Algiers 
again to the hands of the Muslims." 
