56. _He started early_, inshaya.

_You start early_, tinshayat, (subst.) tanshit.

_I start early_, ismargărēgh.

—— inshēgh semmūt [_semmūṭ_, cold, fresh?].

_Early to-morrow_, ashikken semmūt.

_I start in the afternoon_, eduēgh, (subst.) tádŭit.

_I wish to start late_, erhēgh tádŭit.

57. _You start to-morrow morning from Timbúktu_, ke tinshayat ashikke

dag Timbutku.

_You pass the heat in Kábara_, tekĕlét te Kábarăten [you _broil_].

_You start in the afternoon from Kábara_, ke teduēt dag te

Kábarăten.

_You lodge in Lenga_, temendagh Lenga.

_We pass the heat_, nikkĕla [_we broil_].

_Where do we pass the heat to-day?_ indegh dihau demáde nikkel

ashel idagh?

[Note: _Ikĕla_ is here _iḳĕla_, Arabic _ḳala_, he broiled. Brosselet

gives as Kab. _eḳlu_, broil thou; perhaps a root common to both

languages. _Eḳḳel_ is the imperative for Turn yourself. In fact, to turn

and to roast may be modifications of one root.]

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