She is
now quite merry, and inclined to play the coquette. Poor thing! Let us
be thankful for her that she has been granted this elasticity of temper,
and that she is willing to the last to cheer gloom of whomsoever will be
cheered in return for a little tenderness and protection.
I insert a note upon the money used here:
The large dollar (douro) 7 Tunisian piastres.
The small dollar 5 Tun. piast. (in Mourzuk).
The large dollar 3 metagals.
The small dollar 2 metagals (in Tintalous).
One metagal 1000 wadas (in Tintalous).
One mahboub 7 Tun. piast. (60 paras in Mourzuk
and Tripoli).
One metagal 40 draa[14] (in Aheer and Soudan).
[14] The draa is _an arm_ of strips of cotton stuff, about
two inches long.
I was engaged in setting down this information, when intelligence was
brought me that our camels had again been carried off. This affront was
offered us yesterday at noon, during a storm of rain, before my visit to
the Sultan; but Yusuf had thought it best to keep the matter concealed
from me, hoping restitution would be made before I heard of it. I sent
him immediately to lay our case before the Sultan. So it seems that we
are to be hunted here, even, in our repose under the protection of
En-Noor! It is impossible to tell how we shall get safely to Zinder.
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