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pliment, and offered me a pot of milk, which generally 
is sour, as they preferred it in that state; I was obliged 
to taste it. They all requested me to stay in their 
country; and the women, who were hidden behind the 
tents or rocks, made them echo with their shouts of 
piercing applause. 
As these salutations were repeated at every moment, 
I was unable to comply with every invitation; they 
were therefore satisfied with asking me to pray for 
them; to which I acceded most willingly, lifting up my 
hands and saying a prayer; for which they expressed 
their thanks by horse-races and the firing of guns. 
When I arrived at a place where I was to stop all 
night, the same ceremonies were repeated, and the chief 
inhabitants of the tribe, or of the douar, headed by the 
sheik, waited on me, and presented me with a large 
sheep, or some couscoussou, barley, fowls, fruit, &c. 
which they delivered to my steward. I invited the 
principal of them to take tea with me, and after hav- 
ing staid about half an hour or an hour, they retired 
proud of the hospitality which they had showed me, 
and highly satisfied with my reception. 
At my departure in the morning, the horse-races 3 
the bonfires, the shouts of the women were repeated, 
and continued till my arrival at Morocco, on Tuesday 
15th of May. 
