every five minutes at the dead wood, and caused me extreme pain. This little stripe of sand was never above a mile in breadth, and sometimes ceased altogether in a gravelly desert. We observed several locusts flying about. A t 6. 30. arrived at Tegerry, the southern limit of Fezzan, ,and obtained a tolerably good house; indeed, the only whole one in the place, built within a space surrounded by the walls of the ancient castle. Here we procured good stabling for our horses, and were free from interruption. N o one could come to stare at us, and we were able to shut the castle gate in due form at night. We made south 55° west, fourteen miles. N o news had arrived of the Ghrazzie. CHAPTEE VI. Castle of Tegerry—Description of the Town—Some Accounts of the Desert of Bilma— Salt Lake of Agram—Ride out on the Desert—Leaye Tegerry—Belford’s dangerous State—Return to Gatrone—-Arrival of the Grazzie, or Slave-hunters, with many Captives and Camels—-Account of their Excursion, and of Borgoo and Wa- junga—Manner of making Captives—Leave Gatrone in Company with the Grazzie —Mestoota—Reception at Deesa—Feast at Zaazow—Return to Morzouk—Go out to witness the Triumph of the Slave-hunters—Sultan’s Reception of his Son— Remarks on Grazzies—Accounts of Slave-markets—Arrival of Aboo Becker, and Continuation of Mukni in Command—Further Accounts of the Countries of the Tibboo—Arrangements in the Sale of Slaves, so as to ensure the Sultan his Share. J a n u a r y 3rd. Thermometer 10° on the house-top before the sun rose. This was a striking difference from the temperature of the day before. The Castle walls were about thirty feet thick at bottom, and ten at top, and were composed, as usual, of mud, having small loopholes for musquetry. It formerly had commanded the town, but was at this time in a ruined state. There were wells in the Castle of very salt water. The similarity of the Arab and French names for an embrazure is striking, the former calling it embraza. Close to the Castle we observed several large stagnant pools of water, which had been caused by taking the clay away to re-erect the walls. I cannot conceive that these places contribute much to the healthiness of the town. The date trees are in and close round the houses. The inhabitants are very little superior to
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