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amounts to £1000, and his capital, assessed on 1370 

 men, contributes one-fourth of the amount. The town 

 is divided into eight districts, each under a head-man, 

 who levies the money according to the estate of the 

 residents. 



Roughly speaking, the tax is assessed according to 

 the number of wives a man keeps. A man with one 

 wife pays from four to five shillings, with two wives 

 six shillings, and so on according to scale. 



It is obviously a difiicult matter for them to obtain 

 sufficient cash for the levy. The sale of dates, ground 

 nuts, corn, and goats to the soldiers at Nafada is 

 their most profitable market. 



Calabash Horn. 



Stopped against the Leg. 



