water and flour, unless I sometimes gave him some cusscussou. He, as well as his mother, was a shade lighter than a mulatto, which is generally the colour of their tribe. Several of the 'girls carried with them an instrument called Zantoo. It is a long gourd hollowed out, having a hole at each end, and is played by striking one end against the calf of the leg, and occasionally stopping the other by a quick blow of thé open hand. I t has a very pleasing effect when well plâyèd, and the glass armlets, which are sometimes worn to thé number of eight or ten on each arm, add to it a pretty tinkling sound. Whenever a party had a little outwalked the .Kafflé, and sat down to rest, the Zantoos were set in motion, and were accompanied by their plaintive national airs. The wild music and picturesque appearance of these resting- parties was very pleasing, and I seldom passed one of them without having a lively chorus addressed to me. There is a small bush found on the Desert, called by the slaves Wussawussa, with leaves resembling those of box in form, but tender, and having a very salt taste; these the slaves collected whenever they could, and boiled with their evening meal ; and the flavour is not unpleasant. In some of the wadeys were many thorny bushes bearing small black berries, called Dummagh ¿Uh, or“ brains,” which have'a very sweet, but at the same time astringent taste, and of which these poor girls always brought me large supplies, in return for my assisting those who were fatigued or thirsty. In fact, Belford and myself, being the only persons who did not beat or ill treat them, became great favourites ; and my talents in particular were so highly appreciated, that not a male or female slave tore or wore out their sandal leathers, but they were immediately brought to me to be repaired, as I had always some leather in my pocket for that purpose : I thus became cobbler to the whole Kafflé. None of the owners ever moved without their whips, which were in constant use ; that of Hadje Mohammed more so than the rest: in fact, he was so perpetually flogging his poor slaves, that I was frequently obliged to disarm him. Drinking too much water, bringing too little wood, or falling asleep before the cooking was finished, were considered nearly capital crimes, and it was in vain for these poor creatures to plead the excuse of being tired; nothing could at all avert the application of the whip. No slave dares to be ill or unable to. walk; but when the poor sufferer dies, the master suspects there must have been something “ wrong inside,” and regrets not having liberally applied the usual remedy of burning the belly with a red hot iron; thus reconciling to themselves their cruel treatment of these .unfortunate creatures. I; settled with my eamel-men the day after my arrival in Tripoli, and having great reason to fear that Belford’s health was too much injured to proceed immediately, I agreed to remain there a short time, that he might be benefited by the advice o f my friend, Dr. Dickson, who had kindly taken him under his care: he had been for six months afflicted with dysentery, was quite deaf, and so reduced as to be nearly a skeleton. I think it , right to account for what otherwise might be attributed to neglect, my having, in the latter part of our journey, omitted to notice the variations of the Thermometer from the 28th of February to the present time. N o t using my tent, I found much difficulty, in so large a Ivaffle, in preventing stray camels or the slaves from treading on the Thermometer; and it was so frequently in danger of being broken, that J found no correct rate could be kept, and therefore gave up the attempt.
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