17§ 
Numbers. 
Semmos - - 5 
Seddes - - - - 6 
Tarn 
Numbers. 
Tza - - - - 9 
Meraou - - - 10 
Za - - - - 7 Ian de Meraou - - 11 
Sin de Meraou - - 12 
and so they continue to 20, which they call Aascharin, 
like the Arabs; from whom they have taken the nu- 
meral expressions of the tithings, which they combine 
with the Brebe unities; viz: 
Cos de Ashcarin 24 
ZadeTelatin - - 37 
They also say: 
Ascharin de Merau - 30 
Telatin de Merau - - 40, &c 
like the French, who say, Soixante dix (Sixty ten) 70 ? 
Quatre vingt dix ( Eighty ten) 90. 
There are several dialects of the Brebes language in 
the mountains; they are all poor, and form a jargon 
mixed with Arabic, so that one may foretell that in a 
few centuries the Arab language will entirely disappear 
from these parts. To write the Brebe language they 
employ the Arabian characters and orthography. Not- 
withstanding the pains I took, I did not succeed in dis- 
covering one single book written in this idiom. 
CHAPTER. XVI. 
Illness of Ali Bey.— Natural History.-— Eclipse of the moon Return of the Sul- 
tan. — Present of Wives. — He announces his Voyage to Mecca. — Grand 
visit and present from the Sultan — Tent sent by him. — The departure 
of Ali Bey from Morocco. 
Having settled at Semelalia, I was taken with a ter- 
rible disease, which threatened my life; and in three 
