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^^^ravrai sets out from Wedtnoon and SoK Assn, 
j5sdot° desert between the black mountains ol Cape 
K 'Jp ^'■taUita : it touches atTagassa and El Oarbie, 
living staid to collect salt, it 
'!*[■' 1'ombuctoo. The time occupied by this ca- 
It Kionths, as it proceeds as far as Gibbel- 
while mountains, near Cape Blanco, through 
Mograftra and V/oled Abusefaali, to a pfiacc 
h'V'®C;ir', '''here it sojourns twenty days. 
iv**his which cross the desert, may be compared 
Vm'' of *?®''‘^hant vessels under convoy, the stata, or 
iJK ij . “'e desert consi.sting of a certain number of 
'hrettSh vvhose territory the 
1’hus, in crossing the territory of V/oled 
C accomnanied by Sebayhees, or people of 
l^y Of "-ho, on reacliing the confines of the ter- 
j 'i'- olcd Deleim, delwer their charge to the pro- 
be chiefs of that country. These, again, con- 
, he confines of the territory of the Mografta 
'''hose care it at length reaches Tombuctoo. 
as the caravan during this journey, is consi- 
?Ss ; to the whole tribe to which the convoy 
k^.fsveii ®ttt;h an outrage they never fail to take 
ef 
the 
grand caravans, others cross the desert on 
filing'®!', a • "'^thout a convoy, or guard. This is, 
' ^P®tilous expedition — as tliey are too often 
the northern confines of the desert. 
I 
I tvvg"* near 
«! noto. 
\(k' ^de caravan consisting of two thousand 
Sb*' "’itl'^ produce of the Souhan territory, 
**'^(v**‘l. hundred slaves, was plundered and 
?'^itil'*?'tcteci • slaughter. These desperate attacks 
Sj ^'ed, u ‘tt the following manner. The tribe being 
*^y “nd horses are picketed at the entrance of tlie 
^ tie Pass ^^L^^nt out to give notice when a caravan is 
v^llj!^ tofj ^hese scouts being mounted on the heirie, 
% ® of the desert, qu.ckly communicate the 
1 ] "'hole tribe mount tiieir horses, taking 
eiif number of female camels, on whose 
^ subsist. Having placed themselves in 
nasis, or watering-place, tUpy issue thcuce 
^nous tribes,' named Dikua and Emjot. In 
