the well
for water, she does not turn round to see who is calling, but
immediately draws her frock tight round her form, and imparts to it a
most agitated and unnatural swinging motion, to the great satisfaction
of the admiring lookers-on. Thus we see how the coquettes of London and
Paris meet at opposite poles with these of the Sahara and Central
Africa.

Additional applications were made to En-Noor by my colleagues, to go
respectively to Bilma and to Zinder--Dr. Barth wishing to go on with
Zangheema--but without effect. The old Sheikh remained firm in his
refusals: Zangheema, however, was the first to start objections to
Barth's accompanying him. As to Overweg, we think he lost his
opportunity by not treating directly with En-Noor, instead of Hamma his
son-in-law. His highness will do nothing extra for us unless paid.

_8th._--We rose early, and found a large portion of the caravan destined
for Zinder already gone. This is very tiresome to see the people
starting with whom you were to have gone, and to know that you have
still thirty or forty days to wait; and as for expenses, living at
almost as dear a rate as in Tripoli. Our boat has gone with the caravan.

Hereabouts grow a great quantity of wild water-melons, _delaaah_. They
are very small and bitter, but the people, nevertheless, eat them
occasionally. If cultivated they would, of course, soon yield an
excellent supply. Barth represents the road between this and Aghadez as
very woody, and also that the country is everywhere mountainous. Baghzem
is not high, but is, nevertheless, a very large mountain, seen several
days' journey. The high plains without water are also covered with
trees. I hear, also, that the road between this and Damerghou is
exceedingly woody, and the trees of "the scratching or rending
description," like the tholukh. Aheer also abounds in senna.

Yusuf says that all the people of Soudan are red, with the exception of
the inhabitants of Tesaoua, Kanou, Kashna, and Maradee.

Barth represents Gouber as stronger than ever, and united in alliance
with Maradee against the Sultan of Sakkatou. He has written all the
towns. Gouber appears amongst the towns described by Leo Africanus.

_9th._--This morning En-Noor paid us a visit, to tell us to move after
him in the wady near, under the shade of the trees. His highness was
very polite and friendly, as he has now been for some time past.

The weather continues cold--thermometer, 49 deg. at sunrise