Label your journal entry "Walata, February, 1324, Morning. " The caravan now tretche everal day ahead of you and everal day behind. Thank Allah for the
water in thi oai town. Your next leg to Taghaza will be acro waterle deert, and the water
upply i critical. Luckily, the rainy eaon i beginning, although rainfall will be potty at bet. You
are impreed by the trade activity in town. Black from the Sudan to the outh meet with Berber
from northern Africa to exchange their good. You