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SHEIKH OF THE FADEEA. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Razzia on the Fadeea — Haussa — Names of Places — Ant-track — 
Circular Letter from Mourzuk — Vast Rock — Mustapha Bey's 
Letter — Effects of Water — Butterflies — Aspect of the Country 
— A Slave advanced to Honour — Shonshona — Herbage — Birds 
— Appearance of the Salt-Caravan — Colours of Dawn — Bilma Salt 
— Mode of Barter — Pass the Rock of Mari — Granite — Indigo 
Plant — Presents at Stamboul — The Sultan begs again — Old 
Men's Importunities — Baghzem — Curiosities of the Route — 
People of Damerghou — Temporary Village of Women — Country 
begins to open — Barter Transaction with Lady En-Noor. 
Dec. }0th. — I rose before the sunrise: the coldest 
morning we have had : thermometer at half-an-hour 
after sunrise, 38°. 
It is reported that we leave here to-morrow, or 
the day following. There is arrived from Aghadez 
the first man of that city after the sultan, called 
Amagai. He is come here respecting the affairs of 
the Fadeea. En-Noor also asked to-day for a list 
of all the things taken by force from us on the fron- 
tiers. It appears the Sultan of Aghadez had cap- 
tured the Sheikh of the Fadeea, or some one sheikh, 
and allowed him to go out of prison on the promise 
that he would restore all the things taken from us — 
