88 HORSES OF THE COUNTRY. 



The slaves are disposed of to the Arabs ; and 

 some are sold at towns on the banks of the 

 Niger, and eventually reach the sea-side, where 

 they are shipped on board Spanish slavers. The 

 Felatah army of Rabbah is commanded by seve- 

 ral Bornouese. 



The finest horses are brought from Soccatoo 

 by the Arabs ; they are all entire, and capable 

 of enduring great fatigue. The white horse, the 

 property of the king, which was eating grass at 

 one side of the apartment in which we held our 

 first audience, was a noble animal, about sixteen 

 hands high, and in England would be worth 

 about a hundred and fifty guineas. The horses 

 between Rabbah and Iddah, the latter being the 

 first town where many are met with, are of a 

 much smaller breed, and very sure-footed : they 

 are to be purchased at Iccory market (the Bocqua 

 of Lander), for sixty thousand cowries (three 

 pounds). I purchased a beautiful Felatah mare, 

 which I presented afterwards to Colonel Nichols, 

 Governor of Fernando Po, for eight yards of 

 yellow cloth, two pieces of chintz, and fourteen 

 yards of printed cotton — (about fifty-six shillings 

 sterling). The saddles used are peaked before 

 and behind, in the Turkish fashion, and stuffed 



