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 miles around becomes tributary to the Zaouia in which the bones have been enshrined. Gifts and offerings pour in upon the happy possessors of the saintly skeleton, until today the fortune of the family amounts to no less than a million francs, invested partly in gilt-edged real estate and mortgages. Nor have the offerings of the pious yet decreased in volume, nor is the prestige of the Marabout upon the wane; for when the sacred personage condescends to come into the courtyard to receive us, many of the natives press forward to kiss the hem of his garment, or rather the ragged edge where the hem ought to be. I regret to say that his complexion would instantly debar him from the privileges of a first-class hotel in any of the southern states, but his name and address would certainly look well on the pages of any hotel register.

ENROUTE TO TEMAÇIN

THE TOWN OF TEMAÇIN