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and killed by the French, who freed our friend and made 

 him Sultan of Dikwa, which province he might be ruling 

 over to this day, neither to its advantage nor that of 



SOME OF THE SHEHU S ARMY 



Bornu, had not Captain McCarthy Morrough by a brilliant 

 couf de main enticed him out of his alien palace one night 

 before the people were aware that any thing irregular was 

 afoot, and brought him on horseback over the border to 

 Maifoni, where he was made Sultan of Bornu. Doubtless 

 his lack of will makes him all the more amenable to our 

 influence, and he may well be considered a good example 

 of his kind, and his rule a good one. I found out after- 

 wards that he was a man of much kindness of heart, and 

 gave many presents of food and money to the poor. It 

 was his custom, on coming out of the palace on his way 

 to pray at the mosque, to hear the cry of any subject 



