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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XL. 
Wednesday, The onl y thin g which happened this day, 
October 8th. WO rth mentioning was the arrival of Hal- 
luf, a warlike Tebu chieftain, with seventeen horse- 
men of the Fugabu Tebu, who rode up in a very 
spirited manner to the tent of Sheikh Ghet. Halluf, 
a man of great bodily size and strength, and re- 
nowned in these quarters on account of his valour, 
had formerly been the enemy of Bornu, but had now 
been won over to its interest. However, he was still 
too much afraid of the Bornu people to join the 
Welad Slim an, as long as Haj f Abbas the vizier's 
messenger was present ; but he came as soon as he 
heard that he was gone. He was not a very 
scrupulous man, as I soon convinced myself, when 
he with the Fugabu called upon us, and as soon as 
he had introduced himself began begging for poison. 
We of course cut his demand short. He then sat 
quietly down with his companions, and took great 
delight in the performances of my musical box, which 
I really found, together with the watch, the most use- 
ful instrument for demonstrating to the people the 
great superiority of European genius and handicraft. 
These people were not without sympathy for those 
lively airs which the little instrument was capable of 
performing, and would sit down quietly for a great 
length of time enjoying this mysterious music. The 
rumour soon spread, and Sheikh Ghet likewise de- 
sired to be made acquainted with the mysterious 
little box. But the day did not end so harmlessly ; 
