Infidel. All the
idolatrous Negro nations are, by Muhamedans, denominated
Kaffer, (or Caffres). Sing. Kaffer--plural Kaffer.]

In these halcyon days, these grateful people never knew when to
cease offering presents. They sat on the ground in the refulgent
meridian sun, and when I dismounted to walk to the shade of a tree,
to partake of their hospitality, they would exhort me to shun the
shade, (_lie e drab'k elbird_) for fear it should give me cold.
245 These Bedouin[171] Arabs of Suse and Sahara are the descendants of
the ancient Arabs, whose bold and figurative language is the same
that was spoken in Arabia twelve centuries ago, in the time of
Muhamed.

[Footnote 171: The Arabs of the vast plains of the empire of
Marocco, who live in douars, or encampments, are emigrations
from the original stock or clan in Sahara; who are the pure or
Bedouin Arabs. Being established in the beautiful and
productive plains of West and South Barbary, they soon forget
their Bedouin customs, change their wandering, plundering
habits, and become cultivators, and stationary; for the immense
produce of their labour in these plains, which require no dung,
nor any preparation but the plough, soon rewards their
industry, so as to determine them to continue this new mode of
life.]

Passing early one morning by a douar, in the territory of
Howara,[172] I was invited to join a party to hunt the wild boar.
The plains of Howara, between the city of Terodant and Santa Cruz,
abound with boars: we started, in a few hours, seven of these
animals, two of which were taken and killed. The dogs best
calculated for this sport are what they call _sereet telt_, or the
third race of greyhounds, which is a very strong dog. One of these,
I observed, attacked the boars by the nape of the neck, and never
left his hold till the other dogs came up to the attack: although
the boar would toss him about in all directions, he never left his
hold. The Arabs of Suse are very dextrous and active at this sport:
they hunt with javelins; some have guns, which they fire when
opportunity offers, but they never expend their powder and shot
(_batal_) vainly, as they express it, but always make sure of their
246 mark. I could not but admire this celebra