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SAU OF ANIMALS 
— SUAE A. 
The Fezzanee are reckoned the most expert in this 
knowledge; they are said to be able to distinguish 
the footsteps of people when printed upon the trunk 
of a palm, the print-step being made by dipping 
the feet in water ! As to animals, the people ob- 
serve near the neighbouring rocks the sau of the 
lion — a very deep, heavy impression of his five 
claws, of the monkey, the hare, the gazelle, the fox, 
the jackal, the hyama, the mouse, &c. &c. Indeed, 
we appear to be surrounded with animals ; and in the 
morning I found the sau of the dog, the cat, the 
hare, and the mouse, on the sandy floor of my tent. 
It is my intention, before I leave Africa, to draw 
the forms of the footsteps of the more remarkable 
animals. Inshallah! 
4:th. — Visit from his highness the Sheikh every 
day. He is now kind enough to send me every 
morning — at the suggestion of his principal wife — 
a small can of milk, which, besides the value of the 
milk itself, saves my sugar, enabling me to drink 
tea and coffee without sweetening. This evening 
the shara w r as brought of the arrival of couriers 
from the salt-caravan, to say it was near. Like the 
Arabs, for this shara or news, or first advice of the 
coming of something good or agreeable, the Kai- 
louees ask some present. We gave a little bit of 
sugar to the slave who brought the welcome intel- 
ligence. 
Dec. 5th to 9th. — I was occupied with vocabu- 
lary of Haussa and Bornou. Weather mild and 
