"You are indeed Ulala," he cried. "Welcome back to the land of your people. Tell me now what the desert people do here. Have they come for slaves?"
"The desert people will always take slaves when they can get them, but Ibn Jad has not come first for slaves, but for treasure."
"Ai! what treasure?" demanded Batando.
"He has heard of the treasure city of Nimmr," replied Fejjuan. "It is a way into the valley where lies Nimmr that he seeks. For this he sent me to find Gallas who would lead him to Nimmr. He will make gifts and he promises rich rewards when he shall have wrested the treasure from Nimmr."
"Are these true words?" asked Batando.
"There is no truth in the beards of the desert dwellers," replied Fejjuan.
"And if he does not find the treasure of Nimmr perhaps he will try to find treasure and slaves in the Galla country to repay the expense of the long journey he has undertaken from the desert country?" asked Batando.
"Batando speaks out of the great wisdom of many years," replied Fejjuan.
"What does he know of Nimmr?" asked the old chief.
"Naught other than what an old medicine man of the 'Aarab told him," replied Fejjuan. "He said to Ibn Jad that great treasure lay hoarded in the City of Nimmr and that there was a beautiful woman who would bring a great price in the far north."