CHAP. VI. 
TEGERRY. 
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to imposition, that they were themselves astonished at receiving 
any remuneration for the articles they supphed us with. 
Some of the places at which we stopped, contained scarcely a 
do^en huts. We were six in number, with four horses and two 
camels, yet a feast was always ordered, until I discovered what 
shameful advantage was taken of the poor inhabitants ; I then in- 
stantly forbade the Sheikh at his peril to deprive them in future of 
a fowl, or any other article of food. The Fezzanners will drink 
pure fat, butter, or oil, with the greatest avidity ; this occasions 
their complaining continually of bile. 
Tegerry is the southernmost town in Fezzan, and here the cul- 
tivation of the palm ceases. The dates are very fine, and generally 
in great plenty. The Desert is close to the town, which Hes to 
the southward of its palms. 
Sun's meridian altitude, 85° 2' 50", which gives the latitude 
24" 4' north. In this place they do not cultivate Lifts (tur- 
nips), or radishes ; a very few dwarf carrots, some onions and 
pompions, are their chief garden productions. The corn here is not 
in so forward a state as that of Morzouk. 
Belford again complained of a bihous attack, and was, as in 
former cases, so giddy as to be scarcely able to walk. I greatly 
feared that this return of his complaint would finally prevent my 
going as far as Tibesty, which I fully intended doing. 
In the course of our cooking I observed that a date plastered 
over a hole in a leaky pot renders it quite tight for one boihng, and 
as dates are more easily procured than tinkers on a journey, this hint 
may be worth noticing by those who may hereafter travel in this 
country. 
January 4th. Thermometer 2°, wind northerly. — I was again 
very severely attacked with hemma, and, as usual, suffered much 
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