fena^  fifei  ...... 
 WALL  AND  MOAT  OF  N’GOUSSA. 
 After  arranging  for  our  breakfast,  hearing  that  I  
 was  still  asleep, he  had  left  a  message  of  farewell  
 for  me,  and  gone  off  with  a  couple  of  men  to  
 meet his  father, who was  returning  that  day to  his  
 home from  a  visit  to  some  sheykh  in  the  outlying  
 part of his district. 
 The  old  Khalifa, leaning  on  a  stick,  hospitable  
 to the  last, insisted on accompanying  us to the  outskirts  
 of the oasis before taking leave of us.