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domestic labour, and their growth never attains full 
and vigorous proportions. They do not bestow so 
much care upon their hair as the Fellani, or some 
of the Bagirmi people. 
There are in the town a good many " Biizawe," or 
Tawarek half-castes, who distinguish themselves in 
their dress principally by the u rawani " or tesilge- 
mist (the litham) of white or black colour, which they 
wind round their head in the same way as the Kel- 
owi; but their mode of managing the tuft of hair 
left on the top of the head is not always the same, 
some wearing their curled hair all over the crown of 
the head, while others leave only a long tuft, which 
was the old fashion of the Zenagha. The pagan in- 
habitants of this district wear, in general, only a 
leathern apron ("wuelki"); but with the excep- 
tion of young children, none are seen here quite 
naked. The town was so busy, and seemed so well 
inhabited, that on the spot I estimated its popula- 
tion at fifteen thousand ; but this estimate is probably 
too high. 
Thursday ^ e s ^ remame d near Gozenakko, and 
January i6th. j was busy studying Temashight, after 
which I once more went over the letter of the sherif 
El Fasi, Haj Beshir's agent in Zinder; and having 
become fully aware of the dictatorial manner in 
which he had requested Elaiji to forward me and 
Mr. Overweg to him (just as a piece of merchandise) 
without asking our consent, I sat down to write him 
a suitable answer, assuring him that, as I was de- 
