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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...one of his friends, by whom he had been hospitably received on a previous occasion. "Welcome, O my children " he said to the Saharians. "Our country is yours; here you shall neither hunger nor thirst. No one shall insult you; no one shall rob you. I will take upon myself to supply all your wants." Bou Bekeur's word was as good as his deed. From that moment every individual belonging to the little troop was his guest. He sent to them his slaves laden with bread, dates, and roasted meats; in the evening he again supplied them with kouskoussou, milk and vegetables; he joined the travellers at their meals, and kept them company. The same treatment was continued during the whole of their stay. When the day of their departure arrived, Bou Bekeur wished to regale the travellers with a final entertainment, and he assembled them under his own roof to sup, and to pass the night there. The party were very merry; the host's son, a little boy seven or eight years old, especially amused them by his grace and vivacity. His father was distractedly fond of him, and Bou Bekeur's friend had completely dressed him in a new suit, consisting of a handsome burnous embroidered with silk, a red chachia, and ellow slippers. At night, nevertheless, he did notappear at supper; and, when they asked his father to have him brought, he replied, "He is fast asleep." They did not press any further. The repast was plentiful, and the conversation very animated; they talked much about Christians, and the war with France. They said that the French armies were as innumerable as the flocks 1 l l of starlings in autumn; that the soldiers were chained together, and ranged in rows likethe beads on a necklace, and shod with iron like horses. That ...