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full gallop behind me* They came and offered to form 
an escort for my protection; they apologized for their 
former refusal, which they excused on the ground of 
their' attachment to me, wishing to preserve me from 
any unfortunate accident. 
The Boanani received us kindly; he invited us to 
dinner, and treated us well; but he started many objec- 
tions to conducting me alone to Ttemsen. At last yield- 
ing to the persuasions of the Shek Soliman, who serv- 
ed me very well on the present occasion, he promised 
to speak with the shek of another tribe, called Bents- 
nuz, and it was agreed that the latter, with his men, 
should wait half way, in order to conduct me to Ttem- 
sen, and that Boanani should see me to the spot where 
Benisnuz was waiting. 
Two days after, the Boanani came to desire me to be 
ready for the next day. He attended in fact at the ap- 
pointed time, with about an hundred men. We left 
Ouschda; but we had hardly travelled a mile, before two 
soldiers of the sultan's came in full gallop after us, and 
bade us stop. They were followed by a troop, com- 
manded by a superior officer of the guard, of the name 
of El Kaid Dlaimi. He told me that the sultan having 
been informed that I was retained at Ouschda, had sent 
him to protect and defend me if there should be any 
occasion for it. 
I told him that the revolution of Algier and Ttem- 
sen, as well as the robberies of the rebels, had made 
me stay at Ouschda; but that the danger being over, I 
could now continue my way in safety, and the more so 
as the tribes of the Boanani and of Benisnouz were es- 
corting me. 
