80 JEALOUSY OF THE ARABS. 



following towns, — Wadi, Senai, and Tooah ; that 

 it is very large, and has several communications 

 with smaller branches. — Bashere and several 

 other Arabs have been here many months. Ba- 

 shere was very glad to see Mr. Lander, and fre- 

 quently expressed his regret at the death of 

 Captain Clapperton. 



The Arabs appear to be jealous of our esta- 

 blishing a trade, and represent the King of the 

 Felatahs as a harsh, cruel, and unfeeling man. 

 One of them has been at Rabbah several months, 

 having sold some horses to the king, for slaves 

 and cowries, but has not yet received payment, 

 being constantly put off with promises. 



On inquiring what had become of Ali, an 

 Arab mentioned in Mr. Lander's Journal as hav- 

 ing sold two horses belonging to Gadado of Soc- 

 catoo, Bashere told us, that after waiting for 

 three years, he died suddenly : it was supposed 

 that poison had been administered to him by 

 order of the treacherous King of the Felatahs. 



Some Arabs were now going to Bornou, trad- 

 ing in red caps, and raw silk, and trona. They 

 had purchased great quantities of writing-paper 

 from us ; this article being in great demand 

 among the Mallams, who use it for writing 



