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informed them that the Sheikh had sent camels, 
and enlarged on the anxiety of everybody here 
for our safety. They were all displeased at this 
news, as a reflection upon them and the conduct 
of the Tuaricks. They now beheld quite a change 
in everything. I was anxious to mark this change 
in our circumstances, that they might reflect how 
they treated Europeans again when fallen into their 
hands. At the same time I showed a desire not to 
hurt their feelings, wishing to be on friendly terms 
with them whilst here. 
The Kailouees are all excessively quiet now. 
All feel the power of the Sheikh, and are almost as 
submissive as if they were at Mourzuk. However, 
the family of En-Noor still keep begging. But I 
believe now I must finish with them. The Sultan 
is said by his servants to have gone to Tesaoua. I 
am extremely glad I came without him to this 
place. Perhaps he also was ashamed to bring rne. 
From Tesaoua he will be here after some days. 
People call him, as in Aheer, An-Nour, and not 
En-Noor. The prince of Zinder asked, where is 
An-Nour? The people are still at work preparing 
this chieftain's apartments, consisting of a circular 
wall of matting, enclosing a number of huts ; there 
is a mud-house in the middle, but it is now fallen 
into ruins. 
I made a tour of the town, and was still more 
pleased than before with its size. It is said to con- 
tain 20,000 inhabitants. There are many divisions, 
