Chap. XL VII. MANUFACTURES. — LANGUAGE. 309 
My stay In the country, of course, was too short to 
allow me to speak more decidedly respecting their 
moral qualities. The currency of pieces of iron as 
money, which Denham observed in his time*, has 
long been abolished ; and at present the standard 
money of the place is cotton strips of from two to 
three inches in width. 
With regard to the language of the people of Logon, 
Denham has committed a great mistake in supposing 
that it was identical with the language of Bagirmi ; 
for though what he heard was really the language of 
Bagirmi, which is spoken to a great extent by the 
natives, yet their original language, which is spoken 
exclusively, among the people themselves, is quite dis- 
tinct, being nearly related to that of the people of 
Miisgu. They call their language kelakii Logone. As 
far as T became acquainted with it, the pronunciation 
is very difficult, on account of the many aspirated 
sounds, especially that of "kh" or "th;" and in this 
respect it has some resemblance to the English. 
* Denham, i. p. 238. 
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