MODE OF LIFE OF FALI LOUM, 33 
eldest son never quitted him. In the evening- he returned to 
render thanks to the Ahnighty for the blessings he had 
bestowed on him, and to pray that he would keep away the 
Darnel. Though he had slaves, his children took care of his 
horse, drove home his goats into the fold, and cut the grass 
necessary for his beasts, 
I was fortunate enough to render a slight service to Fali 
Loum ; several times at his request, armed with my gun, I 
accompanied his wife to the fountain, to protect her from 
wild beasts and the people of the Damel. 
Supper was ready at eight o'clock. When they had 
finished eating, sleep soon overtook these people, imbued with 
the notion of fatality, and firmly convinced that if their 
village was not destined to be pillaged, the efiîbrts of the 
Damel would never have power to alter the irrevocable decrees 
of the Almighty. 
The description of the interior of this hut, and the mode 
of life followed by this village chieftain, applies to those of all 
the other free Negroes. The same order, the same uniformity 
every where prevail. 
February 4th. People from all quarters brought intelligence 
that the ravages of the Damel had no longer any limits ; that his 
emissaries seized every thing that fell in their way. I began at 
length to be apprehensive that my messenger had been carried 
off by these banditti. Under this impression I awoke Boukari 
in the night, and told him we must go and meet his slave. 
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