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LANGUAGES GIPSIES. 
print it, or if not Government, the Philological 
Society. 
Abizgen is a fruit which abounds in Aheer. It 
is half the size of small currants, and has not a 
disagreeable taste — a sort of bitter-sweet clammy 
taste. This fruit may be called Aheer currants. 
In the neighbourhood of our encampment have 
been seen gazelles, ostriches, and monkeys, in con- 
siderable numbers. 
22c?. — En-Noor went off yesterday morning 
early, to visit a great marabout in the neighbour- 
hood. This will enable us to apply ourselves 
closely to the languages, all day long. Occupied 
as I am with Soudanese and Bornouese, all the 
days fly away swifter than arrows shot by the 
most expert archers. En-JNoor is expected to re- 
turn in the course of four or five days. We 
have now all the village of Tintalous with us. 
It is Tintalous encamped out in the valley. 
23c?. — The orient sky flamed this morning with 
a pure yellow flame, amidst a somewhat murky 
atmosphere. 
Most of the people have a fire all night. In 
the morning they cower over it like inhabitants 
of the poles. Of course we as well as they, having 
been baked in the summer's sun, now feel the cold 
most acutely. 
There is a species of people scattered through 
Soudan which correspond to our gipsies, called 
Maguzawa (sing. Bamaguzai). These are essen- 
