When The Water Is Evaporated, A White
Efflorescence Is Observed On The Mud, Which The Natives Collect And
Purify In Such A Manner As To Answer Their Purpose.
The Moors
supply them with sulphur from the Mediterranean; and the process is
completed by pounding the different articles together in a wooden
mortar.
The grains are very unequal, and the sound of its explosion
is by no means so sharp as that produced by European gunpowder.
March 5. - We departed from Sampaka at daylight. About noon we
stopped a little at a village called Dangali, and in the evening
arrived at Dalli. We saw upon the road two large herds of camels
feeding. When the Moors turn their camels to feed they tie up one
of their fore-legs to prevent their straying. This happened to be a
feast-day at Dalli, and the people were dancing before the dooty's
house. But when they were informed that a white man was come into
the town they left off dancing and came to the place where I lodged,
walking in regular order, two and two, with the music before them.
They play upon a sort of flute; but instead of blowing into a hole
in the side they blow obliquely over the end, which is half shut by
a thin piece of wood; they govern the holes on the side with their
fingers, and play some simple and very plaintive airs. They
continued to dance and sing until midnight, during which time I was
surrounded by so great a crowd as made it necessary for me to
satisfy their curiosity by sitting still.
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