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petty chief of Mandara, whose ancestor had once com- 
pletely defeated a countless host of the Bornu people, 
had decided upon making resistance, they had been 
very silent and dejected, and were therefore extremely 
delighted when at length, to-day, a servant of the 
obstinate vassal made his appearance with a present 
of ten beautiful female slaves, and the offer of com- 
plete submission. So at least we were told ; but the 
affair seemed very doubtful, and a native of Mandara, 
or, as they say, A'r-Wandala, afterwards assured me 
that his master, the powerful " Tukse" of Khakhun- 
dala, had been so far from making his submission to 
the insolent " Mothake" (by this name they call the 
B6rnu people), that, on the contrary, he had treated 
them with contempt. Which of the two assertions 
was correct I do not know ; but it is probable tfrat the 
chief of Mandara thought it prudent to consent to 
some sort of compromise — perhaps through the inter - 
mediation of 'Abd e' Rahman, the sheikh's brother. 
Whatever may have been the case, the vizier in- 
formed us in the evening, in a very cheerful manner, 
that the affair with Mandara had taken the most 
favourable turn, and that in consequence the sheikh, 
with a small part of the army, was to retrace 
his steps, while he himself, with the far larger 
portion, was to undertake an expedition into the 
Musgu country, and that we, of course, were to ac- 
company him. Now we were well aware that the 
object of this expedition was partly to make slaves, 
and that, in our character as messengers of the 
