THE TUAREGS 239 " when you are out at night that you do not run against an alckin (the singular of aUhineji). You will see nothing at the time, but the next morning when you wake you will find that your foot is sore and you cannot walk. You have trodden on the foot of a demon."

In spite of the undoubted courage 01 the Tuaregs, they hate the idea of death. They do not say of any one who has died, " He is dead," but Aba, he has disappeared. It is a sign of very bad breeding to speak of a dead relative or even to pronounce his name. He must be alluded to only as mandam, or such an one. None but the descendants of an illustrious chief or the sons of an Amenokal tolerate any