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in exchange by the Jell aba. Slaves, as in the whole of 
Sudan, are certainly the most important article of commerce. 
With regard to the market-places, I have to observe that 
there is no considerable market-place in the whole of Waday 
where a person might find the productions of the different parts 
of the country collected together, neither at Wara nor at Nimro, 
nor in any other place, and one has to go some distance in 
order to supply himself with the necessaries of life. Thus the 
people of Wara, as well as the Mahamid, when they wish to 
lay in a provision of dukhn, which is their principal food, have 
to go to Girre, a place a little to the west of Nimro, or to the 
villages of the Kodoyi ; or else they go to the settlements of 
the Kashemere, such as Kuldi, Butir, Kundungo, Kornaye, 
Hejir and others, while in the southern districts dukhn is 
bought at the cheapest rate in Abker, Gnamuniya and Mis- 
takhede, and in the valley of the Bat-ha ; principally in Dum- 
boli, Ras el fil, Summukedur, Agilba, in a village called Kosi- 
wahed ( <c one hut ") and in Asaige. 
The standard price of every article is the tokiya (pi. 
tokaki), a term signifying two long strips of cotton, measur- 
ing eighteen dra in length, and three wide, made of smaller 
strips, which however far surpass those used in Bagirmi, 
Bornu, and all the western parts of Sudan in width, though 
they are much coarser. This is the currency of Waday, and 
with it all the smaller bargains are made, while the larger 
ones are made in cattle, in which consists the chief wealth of 
the Waday people in general, or in slaves ; dollars have only 
lately been introduced by the Ben-Ghazi merchants. One 
tokiya will fetch, it is said, three or four sheep, with the 
Mahamid, who, as has been stated above, are very rich in small 
cattle, and where consequently they are the cheapest ; and 
about thirty ewes will fetch a cow, while from twelve to fif- 
teen cows are said to buy a good horse. As for the price 
of corn, one tokiya is said to buy from four to five weba 
— a measure, eight of which constitute a bullock-load of 
dukhn, at the time when it is dearest, and six after 
