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PATIENTS — GAME. 
for, as I have said, the Moors themselves represent 
Boushi to be like Tripoli. 
The people from Fezzan and Tripoli, the traders 
and all, complain of the liver complaint; most of 
them have been ten or fifteen years in this country, 
travelling' through Bornou and Soudan. I gave 
them small doses of calomel. All people at this 
season, blacks and strangers from the north, are 
full of rheumatism, which they describe by saying 
they have pains in all their joints and all their 
limbs. The presence of a Christian having medi- 
cines heightens and multiplies these diseases ; there 
is, however, in reality, a good deal of rheumatism, 
arising from the cold winds of the north-east. 
This evening we had again our drummers and 
the dancers, as on every preceding night. The 
girls have a laughable game amongst themselves, 
the boys, however, sometimes joining — that of throw- 
ing one another up and forwards by the arm-pits : 
the girl thus thrown forwards is expected, if she 
play her part well, to light firmly on her feet. If 
not, she rolls about and over, and the accidents that 
then occur are probably considered a great part of 
the amusement. 
19th.— We were hurried off this morning early 
by the Kashalla, and I had no time to go and take 
leave of the Sultan. The w r eather is fresh. I 
mounted my gift camel ; the second grand gift 
from the princes of Africa. We made a long day, 
from morning till after dark, about ten hours, 
