The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02

elsewhere. We did the best we could,
drawing on stores of timed or bottled
food. and throughout the night I made
excursions round the camp. All went
well, the guards slept soundly on their
blankets, mules and horses fed steadily.
disdainful of sleep, and profound ST.
lence reigned around. AT half past
three We were up, and as soon as tents
were packed and breakfast taken we
left the inhospitable village behind. 1t
is well that we made no attempt to
reach another on the previous night,
for it was three hours away over
rough, stony road with water holes
that might have wrecked mule.
Throughout the Rahamna country l
found it impossible to secure an intel
ligent opinion about the political Sit
uation. Off the main road duars (vil-
lages) are few and scattered. The
roads are stony. the country is bare,
water is scarce, and poverty universal.
No cattle are raised. sheep and goats
being bred for food and camels for
transport. There are no duars on the
main road, only government nzalas.
whose keepers must travel to Mar
rakesh for their supplies of corn and
food. Here was the toughest district
on the way. No shade in midday, and
little water, while flies innumerable
served to make each stony road more
trying. Kaid M'barak. being an old
campaigner, tethered his horse and
stretched himself in It's shadow when
we made our midday halt. and ] was
content to find some white-hot saints
shrine, and lie in the scrap of shade it
yielded.
Happily some clouds came from the
west on the most troublesome after
noon, and the lands great thirst was.
Slaked.
the first time that day. "the wrath of
Allah the One. In Dukala and Shawia.
in Abba. M'touga and Haha there are
corn and fruit. but no rain. Here there
are stones and scrub, and more stones,
and He sends the rain to show his
might and his wrath. His stores are
as plentiful as before. but He will not
shower them on unjust people," could
not discover whether the MaaIem was
angry with the people for rebelling
against the sultan or for having en-
dured his rule so long. l am not quite
sure that he had made I'D his mind.
The Coveted Reoast.
That night we entered n'zaIa at the
same time as a company of camel driv-
ers. They attended to their animals,
but soon found that they had no food
for themselves and invited them to the
cooking tent. Very astonished and
very grateful they accepted the invita-
ton, and Salaam prepared big tin
basin full of food for their benefit. Each
man poured a little water over his right
hand. and with a deveut .sbisrnillah"
proceeded to attack the coveted repast.
When they had eaten joined them in
the tent. and they told me of peaceful
country as far away as the Sus. Only
the kaids were laying heavy hand on
all men. They spoke of Mulai Abd-el-
Aziz with complete Indifference, and the
headman asked me if my sultan took
my eggs. fowls. or skins of goats milk.
I explained that I had paid certain
tribute to my sultan. and that he would
never think of demanding more. that
my property was as sacred to me as
my sultan's property was to him. that
l could give it to whom I liked, and
that my sultan could claim only a very
little at my death. This astonished
them greatly. and the headman ex-
planned to his companions that Allah
had fashioned men in different molds,
and that nothing was too wonderful
for Him. This speech was to keep
them from thinking I was laughing at
them for they did not believe me- Soon
afterwards they retired. and twice in
the night 1 heard the voice of the
headman raised in prayer. But when