take our lives? "Our purses are more lawful."

The festival being over, I went to pay my respects to Sultan En-Noor. He
is much better in health than yesterday, but has still a bad cold, and
continues to blow his nose and wipe it--pardon the _naive_
statement--with the sole of one of his sandals! The action struck me as
rather uncleanly and undignified in a prince; but Kailouees are not
punctilious.

Mr. Gagliuffi had mentioned to me that he had given assistance to some
shepherds who were begging their way to Soudan. One of these poor
fellows had come to see the Sultan. He seemed, indeed, miserably poor,
but tried to hide the fact, saying to them and Yusuf: "I have news for
you; now I am your friend, as I was a friend to the Consul in Mourzuk."
He was quite a young man, and excited my compassion.

In the afternoon I received a visit from En-Noor, with a whole train of
his people. The Shereef was absent. The Sultan came especially to see
the boat, the pieces of which were put together that he might know its
shape and size. Yusuf then drew for him a ship with all sails set, on a
piece of paper. It was very well done; and excited the applause of my
visitors. I treated them, as usual, with pickles, marmalade, and tea.
Among other things I showed En-Noor the broad arrow, or government mark,
on many of our things; as the guns, and pistols, tent, bags, and
biscuits, which greatly surprised him.

The Sheikh was in good spirits, and was pleased with his visit. I sent
him during the day a piece of dark blue cotton print for a pillowcase.
This little present delighted him much. I am much hampered with the
"princesses," who first sent to buy sugar, and then to beg, forgetting
to buy.

We have a Tuat Tuarick changing camels for slaves now in Tintalous. This
man belongs to the tribe called Sgomara, if I have caught the name
correctly.

_18th._--I rose early, having had a bad headache during the night
through eating meat in the middle of the day. Whatever is eaten in the
middle of the day must be taken very sparingly. I believe the greater
part of the diseases with which foreigners in these countries are
afflicted arise from want of sufficient attention to diet. We must take
great care of our health just as we are entering Soudan. The weather is
still cool, especially in the morning. The prevailing wind during these
last twenty days has been E.N.E., which is very refreshing. The Moorish
merchants pretend that in Soudan it is no