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The vakia of gold is worth about forty-five fhilhngs ; but 

 the only commerce of Teawa is carried on by exchange, 

 as fait for grain, camels for fait ; the value of goods varying 

 according to the fcarcity or plenty of one fort of commodi- 

 ties with refpe(5t to the other. 



The reader will, I believe, by this, be as defirous to get 

 out of Teawa as I was ; and if fo, it is charity in time to 

 deliver him. I took leave of the Shekh on the 18th in the 

 morning ; but before we could get all ready to depart it was 

 five in the afternoon. The day had been immoderately hot, 

 and we had refolved to travel all night, though we did 

 not fay fo to the Shekh, who advifed us to lleep at Imge- 

 dedema, where there was frefli water. But we had taken 

 a girba of water with us, or rather, in cafe of accident, a 

 little in each of the three girbas ; and all being ready on 

 the river- fide, except the king's fervant, we fet out, and he 

 overtook us in lefs than two hours afterwards, pretty well 

 refreflied with the Shekh's bouza, and ftrongly prejudiced . 

 againftus, as we had occafion to difcover afterwards. 



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