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the people collected in its shade. There he lay sur- 
rounded by his attendants, as was his custom in 
general when reposing in the day-time, with no 
clothing but his trowsers, while his shirt, rolled up, 
formed a pillow to rest his left arm upon. He did 
not seem to be in the best humour — at least he did 
not say a single cheerful word to me ; and though it 
was the very hottest time of the day, he did not 
offer me as much as a draught of water. I had 
expected to be treated to a bowl of well-soaked 
" fura " seasoned with cheese. But what astonished, 
me more than his miserly conduct (which was ra- 
ther familiar to me) was, that I learned from his 
own mouth that he had not been to Zinder at all, 
whither we had been assured he had accompanied 
Mr. Richardson, but that he had spent all the time 
in Tagelel, from which place he had now come 
direct. I was therefore the more certain that Liisu 
had some part in the intrigues. A'nnur, who had 
not yet received the letter addressed to him from 
Zinder, knew nothing about it, and merely expressed 
his surprise that such a letter had been written, with- 
out adding another word. 
Seeing the old chief in a very cheerless humour, I 
soon left him, and took a ramble with Gajere over 
the place. The estate is very extensive, and consists 
of a great many clusters of huts scattered over the 
fields, while isolated dum-palms give to the whole 
a peculiar feature. The people, all followers and 
mostly domestic slaves of A'nnur, seemed to live in 
