CHAPTER XVI.
Promises of the Sultan--Yellow-painted Women--Presents--Anecdotes--Prepare
to visit En-Noor--Our Reception--Dialogue--Seeming Liberality of the
Sultan--Greediness of his People--No Provisions to be got--Fat
Women--Nephew of the Sultan--Tanelkum Beggars--Weather--A Divorced
Lady--Aheer Money--Our Camels again stolen--Account of the
Tanelkums--Huckster Women--Aheer Landscape--Various Causes
of Annoyance--No News of the Camels--Anecdote of my
Servants--Storms--Revolution in the Desert--Name of the
Country--Dr. Overweg--Money and Tin--Saharan Signs--Habits of the
Rain--Burial of a Woman--Demands of Es-Sfaxee--Salt-cakes of
Bilma--People of Tintalous--Wild Animals--List of Towns and
Villages--Population of Aheer and Ghat.
CHAPTER XVII.
Zinder Caravan--Negress playing "Boree"--Curious Scene--Objects
of Barter--Fresh Annoyances--Remarks on our Reception in
Aheer--En-Noor--Asoudee--Better News--Fresh Extortions--En-Noor
disappoints us--Europeans taken for Spies--Things in demand at
Aheer--Exercise--Overweg's Patients--Wild Animals in Aheer--Kailouees in
dry Weather--Robbing a Prince--Ghaseb and Ghafouley--Aheer
Cheese--Mokhlah Bou Yeldee--Our Wealth noised abroad--Alarm at Night--A
fresh Attack--Said's Gallantry--Disorderly Protectors--Thirteen
Robbers--Amankee--Loss of my Tea--Country of Thieves.
CHAPTER XVIII.
We shift our Encampment--En-Noor's Circular--The Kadi's Decision--No
Progress in the Sahara--Aghadez Gumruk--Scorpions--Election of Sultans
in Aheer--Present of Salutation--Paying for finding lost
Property--Courier from the new Sultan--No Presents sent us--Notes on
Denham--A Bornouese Measure--Intended Razzia--Firing off
Gunpowder--Hypotheses of Danger--Dress and Women--Enroute to
Bilma--Soudan Caravan--Visit from Tintaghoda--Aheer Honey--Modes of
Measurement--Power of En-Noor--Visits to him from great People--Stations
on the Bilma Road--Salt-Trade--Account of our Pursuers at
Tajetterat--Costume of the Kailouees--Their Weapons--Poisoned
Arrows--Charms--Female Dress--Names of Articles of Costume--Character of
Kailouees.
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