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of which my Moorish habit had deprived me, among men who 
detest with reason this cruel race. " Now," said FaU Loum 
to me, when he saw me in trowsers, this is really a white 
man." I had cause for gratification mingled with joy, for 
independent of these clothes rendering me more estimable, 
and less odious in the opinion of the Negroes, I could hence- 
forth travel without fearing either thorns or muskitoes. My 
Marabout also observed with pride the admiration excited by 
his white companion ; he declared that the price of a camel 
would not pay for my wardrobe ; nevertheless it consisted of 
but four pair of shoes, two pair of pantaloons, two woollen 
waistcoats, two handkerchiefs, and a hat. 
When I was ready to depart I asked my host what recom- 
pence he desired for the kindness he had shewn me. He an- 
swered that he wanted nothing, and that he would ask only 
one favour of me, which was to stop at his house on my re- 
turn. From the lips of a European, polished by civilization 
and a careful education, a similar answer would not have 
astonished me ; but it surprised me from a negro ; not for the 
benevolence it manifested, but for the delicate manner in 
which it was expressed. I knew not how to acknowledge the 
generosity of Fali Loum, I pressed him, however, to inform me 
what would please him ; he hesitated to reply ; fortunately I 
perceived that he wished for some musket balls, in order to be 
enabled to defend his companions from the attacks of the 
Damel. I gave him, therefore, six balls, six flints, and four 
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