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TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAP. viri. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Airangements for our Departure from Morzouk — Parting with the Sultan — Leave Mor- 
zouk to return to Tripoli — Sleep at Dgleim — Mode of conducting a Kaffle of Slaves 
— Arrival at Ghroodwa — Pass two Days at Sebha — Are joined by more Kaffles — 
Marriage of an Arab — -Account of the Wadey Shati — Arrive at Temenhint — Zeghen 
Om el Abeed — Pass of Kenair — Pass over the five Days Desert to Sockna — Troubles 
at Sockna — Further Description of that Place. 
During the few days I remained in Morzouk after my return 
from the south, my time was much taken up in visiting and endea- 
vouring to reheve a poor boy who had a locked jaw. He was in a 
state of great debihty when I first saw him ; one of his hands, which 
had been injured by a weight falhng on it, and which accident 
occasioned the disease, was in a terrible condition, uncleaned, and 
smelhng most offensively. He had not for many hours taken any 
nourishment ; but I succeeded in forcing out one of his front teeth, 
and making him swallow some soup and milk, with a dose of bark 
twice a day. He died on the 5th of February of exhaustion, in 
defiance of my utmost care, and the numberless charms which were 
written on his skin. I have observed that the Fighis, who compose 
these charms, hold out that it is wicked to read or copy one of them 
if it has been written for any particular person, and that the original 
alone may be read by the owner. In order to avoid unthinkingly 
reading charms which they have purchased, the Fezzanners imme- 
