We pitched our tents in a spot adjoining the town, and were most hospitably entertained. The following night I proceeded on my journey towards _Augila_, in company with two merchants, one of whom procured me a lodging on my arrival, it being the intention of the caravan to stop longer than usual at this place. There are three towns within the territory of _Augila_; Augila, the capital, and _Mojabra_, and _Meledila_. The two last are near to each other, and both about four hours from Augila; _Mojabra_ to the south, and _Meledila_ to north of the road by which we passed. _Mojabra_ and _Meledila_ are occasionally comprehended in the general name of _Fallo_, designating the district. _Augila_, a town well known in the time of Herodotus,[10] covers a space of about one mile in circumference. It is badly built, and the streets are narrow and not kept clean. The houses are built of a limestone, dug from the neighbouring hills, and consist only of one story or ground floor. The apartments are dark, there being no aperture for light but the door; and are generally ranged round a small court, to which the entrance of each room faces, for purpose of collecting the more light. The public buildings, comparatively, are yet more mean and wretched. _Mojabra_ is of smaller extent, but appears proportionally more populous than _Augila_. The inhabitants of _Meledila_ are chiefly employed in agriculture; those of _Mojabra_ engage mostly in trade, and pass their lives in travelling betwixt Cairo and Fezzan. The people of _Augila_ are of a more sedentary disposition; though some of these too, were with our caravan. The men of the above places, who engage in the caravan trade, generally keep three houses; one at _Kardaffi_, near Cairo; one at _Mojabra_, and a third at _Zuila_, or sometimes at _Mourzouk_. Many have a wife and family establishment at each of these houses; and others take a wife for the time, if the stay of the caravan is longer than usual. The men from their very youth devote themselves to such traveller’s life. Boys from thirteen to fourteen years of age, accompanied our caravan the long and toilsome journey from _Augila_ to _Fezzan_ on foot, or at least seldom mounting a horse. In observing the general character of this people, I could not but remark a degradation, self-interestedness, and mean and shuffling disposition, derived from early habits of petty trade, and the manner in which it was conducted, as contra-distinguishing those engaged in this traffic, and those who remained at home. The men of the country are engaged in gardening and agriculture; but in the last to no great extent. The women are very industrious in manufacturing coarse woollen cloths of five yards in length and a yard and a half wide, which are called _Abbe_, and are sent in considerable quantities to _Fezzan_. These constitute the chief clothing of this people; they wrap them about their bodies, and without even a shirt or shift under.