fancy to me, and my reputation as a good man became established in consequence, it having been invariably remarked that he never distinguished any person by his notice who was not deserving of it. His name was Boo Mousa (or Father Moses), and many miracles were attributed to him. The Sheikh here told me, that for some' offence this fool had been guilty of, he had once beaten him, but had soon cause To repent his imprudence ; for on the same night, Ibhs, and a troop of gholes, appeared to-him, and under the directions of Mousa, who stood in the midst, and appeared of gigantic stature, beat, pinched, and scratched him to such a degree, as to deter him from ever again daring, to insult a saint.- They were afterwards, and still continued to be, good friends. In one of the slave-hunts the men and cattle had been without water for two days, and were consequently reduced to great distress, when a Zuela man, recollecting the miraculous powers of his countryman, immediately implored him to pray to God in their difficulty. This person soon after falling asleep, Boo Mousa appeared to him, and pointing to a particular spot on an adjoining mountain, assured him that he would, on going there, find what he wanted. The man, on awaking, followed his directions, and happily found a sufficient supply of water for the whole army! This poor creature is readily admitted into all the houses, where, however foolish in other respects; he never fails to show his talents in eating. Lcannot omit mentioning the names of the Shreefs here, from whom we experienced .the greatest kindness. Mohammed ben Ah. Ali el Hindi. Abd el Kahman. Ah Aboo Becker. Mohammed el Dthabi. They were, all related to each other, and appeared sensible and well behaved men, and,i what is really worthy of remark, never asked us for any thing. Kaid Saad, who was a greaj; cook, undertook to dress for us a whole sheep, which was to last us the remaining part of our journey to. Gatrone. As this was« one of the Arab methods of preparing meat for a journey, I shall here describe it. The sheep is deprived of all its fat, and cut into small pieces; the fat is melted in a large pot, and the meat, with garlic, onions, and red pepper, is then stewed in it without any water, and with a fid on the pot, for three or four hours, when it is taken out, and having been cooled,-is put into a goat skin. The grease is kept for mixing with cusscussou, bazeen, and other dishes; and meat thus prepared will remain perfectly fresh for two or three weeks. H e made us a very good mess of sheep skin, which is sliced and stewed with onions. On, the 23rd December I. got a good meridian altitude o f the sun 80°. 10'. 10". which gives the latitude of Zuela, 26°; 1 1 '. 48". N . I also took an observation on this day; but owing to the interruption I met with from some of my visiters, unfortunately lost my reckoning. I found myself obliged to hire another camel here, as we were to cross a three days’ desert, and it was necessary to carry water for our horses; our load too was much increased by large presents of zumeita, dweeda, dates, flour, and other provisions from the Shreefs. Dec. 25th. Therm. 9°.'A t 10. 45. A. M. we-were attended out o f the: town by the kind natives, who promised to renew their acquaintance with us at Morzouk. Belford was now much recovered; but. I. still continued in a very weak state. Our road lay over the highest and most irregular sand hills I ever saw; the horses with great difficulty ascending without their riders. I was too weak to walk, and was pulled up by Besheer. The hired camel and its load took a most terrific p f 2
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