fingers of his left hand, and forms a good English fist, holding the
hand thumb upwards. He then strikes, with the palm of his right hand,
the fist of his left hand, held in that particular position. This sign
also represents a more indelicate idea, and is used in the same way on
the coast.

The women, from the shepherdess to the princess, of Tintalous, are as
fond of the bustle as European dames; but the important difference is,
it is the natural bustle which they here delight to exhibit to the
admiring male population. If a woman be called to, going off to 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.