The secret of the Sahara : Kufara . ZOUIA WOMEX AT BUSEIMA. AT BUSEIMA: TEAC HIXG THE FAQUUX FAMILY TOtrSE FIELD GLASSES TREACHERY AT HAWARI 177 built zariba, while Mohammeds faithful follower, Omar,hurriedly made coffee. The tribesmen were shghtlydepressed at first and we wondered if it had anythingto do with our arrival, until it appeared that one manhad made a bad bargain in buying slaves from a Wadaicaravan a few days before. He had paid 400 mejidies(about £70) for a man and two women, and now the manwas very ill. It was bad business, he said sadly. Theyall repeated the same formula, The S
The secret of the Sahara : Kufara . ZOUIA WOMEX AT BUSEIMA. AT BUSEIMA: TEAC HIXG THE FAQUUX FAMILY TOtrSE FIELD GLASSES TREACHERY AT HAWARI 177 built zariba, while Mohammeds faithful follower, Omar,hurriedly made coffee. The tribesmen were shghtlydepressed at first and we wondered if it had anythingto do with our arrival, until it appeared that one manhad made a bad bargain in buying slaves from a Wadaicaravan a few days before. He had paid 400 mejidies(about £70) for a man and two women, and now the manwas very ill. It was bad business, he said sadly. Theyall repeated the same formula, The Sayeds orders areabove our heads, and added that our visit was welcome,saying, Your coming is a blessing. May Allah blessour Sayeds and those who come from them! YetAbdul Rahim started the rumour that night that we wereprisoners and were not to be allowed to move tillpermission arrived from Kufara. We were too sleepy to inquire into the truth, but thefollowing morning gifts of sour leban and milk arrived,together with a couple of chickens, so we thought t
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