CHAP. III. 
ARRIVAL AT MORZOUK. 
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CHAPTER III. 
ARRIVAL AT MORZOUK. 
Mode of travelling across the Desert — Interview with the Sultan — Description of Mor- 
zouk — Population — Castle of the Sultan — Illness and severe Distress of the Author 
and his Companions — Arrival of a Kaffle of Tuarick — Fast of Rhamadan — De- 
parture of an Expedition to obtain Slaves from the Country of Borgoo — Diseases of 
the Inhabitants, and the Native Methods of Cure — Feast of Aidel Shraya — Observa- 
tions on the Tuarick — Their Religion, Dress, Customs, and Language — Ghraat 
— Its Government, Laws, and Trade — Market there — Arrival of a Kaffle from 
Bornou with Slaves — Information respecting Bornou and the surrounding Countries, 
as collected from the Traders — Of Kashna and Soudan, in general — Account of 
Hornemann and his Death — Tembuctoo — General Remarks on the Geography of 
the Interior, and probable Course of the Niger — Vocabulary of the Fellatta Lan- 
guage — Conjectures on the Fate of Park. 
On our entry into the town, the soldiers raced up a very broad 
street, firing and shouting, whilst the women uttered their shrill 
cry ; and the scene was altogether highly interesting. On passing 
a large open space, before we reached the castle and walls surround- 
ing it, we were saluted from two six-pounders. We did not enter 
the castle itself, but were conducted to a large house within its 
outward boundary, which had been prepared for our reception. 
An old Mamluke, Hadje Mahmoud Oy*^ ^U>- took charge of us, 
and having passed our threshold " in the name of God," brought 
us a hot mess and a large mat. We waited until the afternoon, and 
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