CHAPTER VIII.

THE DESERT—TASÁWA—EXACTIONS OF THE ESCORT—DELAY AT ELÁWEN 78

Setting out from Múrzuk—Tiggerurtín, the Village of the Tinýlkum—Gathering of the Caravan—Tasáwa—Arrival of the Tuarek Chiefs—Reformation of Islám—Return to Múrzuk—Move on finally—Sháraba—Wady Aberjúsh—Rate of Travelling—Join the Caravan—Tesémmak—Wady Eláwen—Hatíta’s Intrigues.