Kaïd of Habassi—Passage of Wad el Sebú—Arab women—Pigs and evil spirits—Beni Hassan—Curiosity of villagers—Sick and blind—Sentries at night—Illness or accident—Rain—Missing the road—Quitting the plains—Síd Búbakr—Geographical difficulties—“Kúbbe”—Nomenclature of villages—Famine—Foreign tyranny 61–82