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The vakia of gold is worth about forty-five fhillings ; but 
the only commerce of Teawa is carried on by exchange, 
as falt for grain, camels for falt ; the value of goods varying 
according to the fcarcity or plenty of one fort of commodi- 
ties with refpect to the other. 
Tue reader will, I believe, by this, be as defirous to get 
out of Teawa asI was; and if fo, it is charity in time to. 
deliver him. I took leave of the Shekh on the 18th in the 
morning ; but before we could get all ready to depart it was 
five inthe afternoon. The day had been immoderately hot, 
and we had refolved to travel all night, though we did 
not fay fo tothe Shekh, who advifed us to fleep at Imge- 
* dedema, where there was frefh water. But we had taken 
a girba of water with us, or rather, in cafe of accident, a 
little in each of the three girbas ; and all being ready oh 
the river-fide, except the’ king’s fervant, we fet out, and he 
overtook us-in lefs than two hours afterwards, pretty well 
_refrefhed with the Shekh’s bouza, and ftrongly prejudiced 
againft us, as, we had occafion to difcover afterwards,. 
G.H AP.. 
