186 EUROPEAN DRESS — EN-NOOR's FAMILY. 
We afterwards called again on the Shereef, and 
had a laugh about the man with two skulls. I told 
the Shereef " two heads were perhaps better than 
one," at which they all burst out laughing. The 
Shereef was surrounded by foreign merchants, all 
chatting in good humour. These Moors were 
friendly to me. To-day I dressed in my European 
clothes : first, because unless you have very good 
clothes, such as worn by the people of the country, 
you cut a very bad figure ; and secondly, and prin- 
cipally, to show the Kailouees, and other strangers, 
that I was now in a friendly place, and that no one 
dare say anything to me in the way of insult. In 
fact, as yesterday, there is not even a whisper of the 
word Kafer. His highness and all the people ad- 
mired my European gear. I told them that now 
the Turks dressed in the same manner, or nearly 
so ; at which they were greatly surprised. I had on 
a black surtout, tight trousers, and varnished boots, 
gloves, neckerchief, waistcoat ; everything Euro- 
pean but the hat, wearing instead of this the fez cap 
or shasheeah. 
In the evening I paid a visit to the family of 
En-Noor, who were greatly astonished at my trans- 
figuration from a bad Moorish dress into an Eu- 
ropean suit. They were much disconcerted at this 
change, and my happy humour. Madame En-Noor 
rated me for running away from them yesterday. 
I told them I wished to get to my friends of 
Bornou as quickly as possible. My interpreter also 
