294 TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. chap. viii. 
our departure, and Lizari having, though with some difficulty, 
obtained the Sultan's permission to go to Tripoli, we took leave of 
our friends. 
JOURKAL FROM MORZOUK TO TRIPOLI. 
Wednesday, Feb. 9th. Therm. P. 30^. below 0. 
This morning we prepared to go, and at nine all was ready, and 
I went to take my farewell of the Sultan, who affected to shed 
tears, and to feel as much regret at parting with me as if I had 
been his own son. He very injudiciously reminded me of Mr. 
Ritchie's having asked him to cash my bill, declaring his readiness 
to have done so, and adding a great deal in favour of himself and his 
willingness to accommodate us on all occasions. For the credit of 
my deceased friend, I thought proper to contradict him ; and with- 
out farther ceremony taxed him with telling me an untruth, which 
at once silenced him on this subject. He then confided to me his 
intention of going in a few months into Bornou, in which kingdom 
he proposed establishing himself as Sultan. He begged that I 
would soon return, to accompany him thither, and teach his people 
how to fire his three four-pounders. Of course I made him no 
promises on this head. On my rising to take leave, he said, " Sayd, 
I hope you will come and see me again ; for I have always been your 
friend, and was Yussuf 's also. I am convinced that you will tell 
this to your Sultan, and that I have done every thing you required 
of me." I at once put a stop to these false assertions, by ex- 
claiming, as before, that he did not speak truth ; and waving my 
hand in token of farewell, took my departure, though certainly 
not without some apprehension that he would endeavour to detain 
me. These apprehensions naturally arose from an idea that my 
return might perhaps be arrested in the same manner as that of 
