CHAP. IX. 
ARRIVAL AT TEJOURA. 
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Eathurst, informing his Lordship of our safe return. I lodged our 
goods in the Portuguese consular house, with which Col. Warring- 
ton had kindly accommodated us, though not without having re- 
peatedly pressed us to make his own house our home. 
Notwithstanding my happiness at once more joining my Chris- 
tian friends, I really felt no small regret at taking leave of our poor 
fellow travellers, many of whom I knew were destined to proceed 
to Tunis and Turkey. Their good humoured gaiety and songs had 
lightened to me many hours of pain and fatigue, and their gratitude 
for any little benefits I had it in my power to confer had quite 
warmed my heart towards them. Even when so exhausted as to 
be almost unable to walk, these poor creatures showed few instances 
of sulkiness or despondency ; the first stanza of a song having been 
sung by one, enlivened the whole Kaffle, who immediately joined 
in chorus. Their patience under fatigue, and endurance of thirst, 
was very extraordinary. Khalifa's girls were allowed to drink only 
once in twenty-four hours, yet they were always cheerful. 
I was frequently amused by observing the pains taken by these 
innocent savages to adorn themselves ; their love of finery never 
ceasing, even when no one was near to admire them. Though 
overcome by privation of every kind, and by the fatigue of a long 
day's journey, they employed themselves in converting into neck 
ornaments, snail shells, berries, or any other whimsical objects they 
could meet with. Those who possessed rings, bead bands for the 
head, or silver ear-rings, never failed to put them on when they 
stopped for the night, washing and oiling their skins whenever they 
had an opportunity ; they also constantly used Kohol to blacken 
their eyehds, and to make different marks on the face. 
One of the women of the Fellata had a little male child, which 
was carried by turns by the whole Kaffle. Her milk had failed her, 
and this poor infant had nothing to nourish him but a mixture of cold 
