TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAP. V. 
morning I gave to the woman of the house in which we had stopped 
a dollar, which being a large sum, she appeared very grateful for, 
but at the same time begged a little butter also. When packing 
up, and preparing for my departure, she again attacked me, saying, 
What, then, will you not give me a little corn or some gaphooly, 
or other little present? You can come again, you know:" a 
specimen of Tibboo covetousness so closely allied to the Fezzan, 
that I suspect one tril)e nuist have obtained some valuable hints 
from the other. A Fezzan proverb says, " Give a iVTorzoukowi your 
finger, he will beg first the elbow, and then the shoulder-bone, as 
keep-sakes."' 
The Tibboo on meeting after absence do not shake or touch 
hands, as the Arabs do ; but, squatting on their heels at some 
distance from each other, with their spears in their right hands, turn 
their backs, and continue for a time saying, " La La ! La La ! La 
La!" which is their salutation, and which signifies "peace." They 
then rise, and, approaching each other, enter into conversation. 
The Tibboo speak very fast ; and their language, which is full of 
liquid letters, is really very pretty, and not resembling any of the 
other Negro dialects. Many of the women came to ask for medi- 
cine to make them bear children*, some wanting boys, otliers girls; 
I was, however, obliged to disappoint them, declaring I had none 
which could ensure their wishes. This they one and all disbelieved, 
observing that they supposed I was unwilling to tell the secret to 
strangers ; but that in my country, the land of the Nazarines, every 
one was acquainted with it. 
* The Tibboo girls are betrothed some time before they are married, in the sawe 
manner as the Arabs and Tripohnes. 
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