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view, and on whose friendship and protection depended 
in a great measure the result of my proceedings; and 
thinking that what I had selected might not prove 
sufficient to answer fully his expectation, in the morn- 
ing, when I arose, I still added a few things more, 
so that my present consisted of the following ar- 
ticles : — a pair of pistols*, richly ornamented with 
silver, in velvet holsters ; a rich bernus (Arab cloak 
with hood) of red satin, lined with yellow satin; a 
bernus of yellow cloth ; a bernus of brown cloth ; a 
white helali bernus of the finest quality ; a red cloth 
kaftan embroidered with gold ; a pair of red cloth 
trowsers ; a Stambtili carpet ; three loaves of sugar ; 
three turbans and a red cap ; two pairs of razors ; half 
a dozen large looking-glasses; cloves, and benzoin. 
Having tied up these presents in five smart hand- 
kerchiefs, and taking another bernus of red cloth with 
me for the ghaladima, I proceeded first to the latter, 
who received his present with acknowledgments, and 
surveyed those destined for his master with extreme 
delight and satisfaction. We then went together to 
r Aliyu, and found him in a room built of reeds, sitting 
on a divan made of the light wood of the tukkuriiwa ; 
* I may as well add, that the richly-mounted pistols which 
chiefly aided me in obtaining the friendship of this powerful chief, 
as well as another pair which I afterwards gave to Khalilu the 
ruler of Gando, and also several other things, were paid for with 
my own money, which was forwarded to Tripoli by my family 
at the suggestion of the Chevalier Bunsen,, as well as two har- 
monica, one of which I gave to 'Aliyu, and the other to the 
sheikh el Bakay. 
