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CHAP. VI. 
for joy at his return. I gave the old woman some eye medicine, 
for which she wanted me to accept a fine fat-tailed sheep ; and his 
sister furnished us with eggs, fowls, and sour milk in abundance. 
Kaid Saad would not stop here ; but after taking Lackbi enough to 
make him merry, set off for Zaizow, to prepare a welcome for us on 
the morrow. 
January I6th. Therm. 4°. We set out at ten for Morzouk. I 
suffered Belford and the camel to go on, and remained amongst the 
surrounding little hamlets, with liesheer, who introduced me to his 
friends and neighbours, many compliments passing on both sides. 
He also presented me to a very pretty girl whom he had fixed on 
as his new wife, making two his complement. About noon, we 
heard the firing of the Ghrazzie's people on entering Beedan J\sjj a 
village near Zaizow, and soon, after, arriving at the latter place, we 
alighted at the residence of Kaid Saad. We found him lying 
on the ground, most amusingly drunk and communicative, and sur- 
rounded by fowls and bread, eggs, cakes, soup, sweet and sour lackbi, 
and dates. 
He was all generosity, and would have given us his whole 
house, and into the bargain, even his old wife, who waited on us 
during the meal, and was highly oiled for the occasion. We soon 
discovered, as he was not in condition to keep a secret, why he had 
recourse to such large draughts of lackbi. He had boasted, all the 
time he was with me, of his second wife, and had promised I should 
be treated with a sight of her, if he could prevail on so beautiful 
and bashful a creature to show her face to any other man than her 
husband : no sooner, however, had he left Zaizow to accompany me 
a month before, than this charming person decamped. She first 
collected as much corn as she could find, and a dollar or two which 
were hoarded up ; and after abusing her house-mate, the elder wife, 
set out for Morzouk. Report spoke unfavourably of her conduct 
