MARKET OF EGGA. Ill 



was several days before we discovered that she was 

 the wife of the master of the horse, and we asked 

 her what her husband would say if he found her 

 conversing with Christians. Her reply was, that 

 he was her brother, and not her husband ; telling 

 us at the same time, ** I like white men, and 

 never saw one before. I wish you would live 

 with us for ever ! What a pity you are not Mus- 

 sulmans and believers of the Prophet ! " 



Sunday, October 13th. — This morning I went 

 on shore, and walked through several parts of the 

 town, the market-place, &c. The market is 

 very large: the sellers sit on the ground with 

 their goods before them, consisting of plain and 

 dyed tobes, cloths, sandals, country bits, saddles, 

 bridles, beads (some of English manufacture), 

 iron, and the sulphurate of antimony (black 

 lead), indigo in a raw state, senna leaves, arm- 

 lets of copper, v»^ooden spoons, bowls, calabashes, 

 calavances, spice nuts, pepper, sweet potatoes, 

 onions, and various other commodities. Most 

 of the shops of the large traders reminded me of 

 a toy-shop in England. It is customary here, 

 as well as in every other part of Africa, to get 

 the most for every article ; and they are sure to 

 ask four or five times as much for anything as 



