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states, consists solely of slaves. As for the Tebu tribes, the 
Zoghawa have to furnish a certain number of horses, while 
the tribute raised on the Guraan, as far as they are dependent 
on Waday, consists of camels. 
Here, finally, I have to mention the divan paid by the 
king of Bagirmi, down from the period when 'Othman, father 
of the present ruler of that country, solicited the assistance 
of Sabun, in order to reconquer his country from the facha, 
as I have stated in my account of Bagirmi. This tribute, 
which was levied the very year of my residence in M&s-ena, 
consists of 100 horses of indifferent description, 100 slaves, 
30 serari or handsome female slaves, and 1000 shirts, or 
gumsan. This tribute, the whole value of which, in Bagirmi, 
is from 2500 to 3000 dollars, is paid every third year, besides 
a present of 10 serari, 4 horses, and 4 gumsan to Jerma, 
Weled el Meram, who has the superintendence of this 
dependency. For there is a superintendent, or as the 
Wadawy call it a " Kursi," for every province without 
the borders of Waday Proper ; and Jerma, besides having 
all those Arab tribes above mentioned under him, is 
the Kursi, not only of Bagirmi, but likewise of the 
whole Fittri, of the Dajo, and of Middogo. The present 
Kursi of Kunga, whose name is Sherif, has his residence in 
Shenini, which, together with the neighbouring villages, has 
to furnish him with necessaries, and he visits that province 
annually, in order to levy the tribute. The Welad Rashid 
also, partly owing to their considerable distance from the 
capital, and partly, as it would seem, on account of their 
being deeply sunk in paganism, although they have a special 
agid, have likewise, together with the Salamat, had a kursi 
established over them. 
The Fdsher and Members of the Fdsher. — After having 
given this short account of the external government of the 
country, if I may so call it, I now proceed to the interior ; 
but, as there is naturally no civil government, I content 
myself with naming the persons composing the Fasher, or 
