AND ANECDOTES. 289 the hospitalities with which the Prince entertained the people of Suse at his domain, the Wall el Grabie, or the Oasis of Amnion, called Santariahy ingratiated Muley Abd Salam so much in their favour and esteem, that they all unanimously (passed Vdad joined hands, and determined, each individually, to raise his respective kabyl to support the cause of Muley Abd Salam. In a short time they raised an army among themselves of ten thousand horse, and determined to attack Buhellesa, so soon as he should begin to move forwards, and before he should reach Terodant, in his way to Marocco ; for there he had a strong party, which would augment his forces. The hero Delemy, who was as valiant a soldier as Muley Yezzid himself, and as expert and dextrous in the management ofthe horse, determined therefore, with less than half the force of his antagonist, to attack him, before he should be able to gather more strength. The army ofthe sheiks joined, and proceeded towards Wedinoon. At night they learned that Buhellesa, with an army of22,000 men, mostly horse, having *" The Vaad of the Arabs is a joining of hands, without shaking : the palms of the right hands of the parties coming in contact with each other, and the thumbs over each other.

This is a solemn obligation among them ; a calling God to witness their resolution of mutual assistance, offensive and defensive ; a swearing to stand by each other till death ; an obligation that nothing can dissolve ; such a pledge, that ifa man were to break it, he would be execrated and rejected from society !

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