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who has his residence in A'bgudam, eleven days S. from 
Wara, and others of minor authority. 
The order in which I have enumerated the members of the 
Council, is nearly that of their rank. As for the Momo, or 
queen mother, she is sometimes asked to give her opinion, 
but she never appears in the assembly. 
Army. — I shall add but a few words concerning the mili- 
tary department. After various minute inquiries, I think 
I shall not be wrong in stating the cavalry of Waday, in 
which, as in almost all these countries, the strength of 
the army consists, at seven thousand horse. Of these 
about one thousand appear to be clad in coats of mail or 
S( derret," while, on account of the communication with Ben- 
Ghazi, the number of these coats of mail are annually in- 
creasing, every caravan bringing several camel-loads of 
them, which sell for one or two female slaves apiece. 
The horses are said to be excellent; and exposed as they 
are to storm and heat, never enjoying the protection of a 
roof or shade, they are able to support the greatest fatigue, 
while at the same time those of the great men at least are 
said to be fed sumptuously with rice and milk. All the 
horses of the sultan, which bear the special title of " aruwail" 
(sing, rawail) have each of them a particular name. The 
number of muskets in the army is very small, the Wadawy 
themselves having assured me that there are not more than 
about 300 ; for the strength of the people of Waday consists 
in their spears, while the Furawy trust almost entirely to 
their swords. 
As for the commanders on an expedition, their rank, ac- 
cording to the number of the troops which they lead into 
the field, is as follows. After the sultan and the Sing-melek, 
certainly nobody can emulate Jerma, the agid of the Ma- 
hamid, after whom follows Jerma f Abd el Aziz, and then 
Ivamkolak Eakeb ; these are free men ; then follow the 
slaves, viz. the powerful agid el Bahr; then Fadalalle, 
the agid of the Jaatena, Said, agid of the Salamat; then 
