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The great advantage of Kano is, that commerce 
and manufactures go hand in hand, and that almost 
every family has its share in them. There is really 
something grand in this kind of industry, which 
spreads to the north as far as Miirzuk, Ghat, and 
even Tripoli ; to the west, not only to Timbuktu, but in 
some degree even as far as the shores of the Atlantic, 
the very inhabitants of Arguin dressing in the cloth 
woven and dyed in Kano ; to the east, all over Bornu, 
although there it comes into contact with the native 
industry of the country ; and to the south it maintains 
a rivalry with the native industry of the Tgbira and 
I'gbo, while towards the south-east it invades the whole 
of ' Adamawa, and is only limited by the nakedness of 
the pagan sans -culottes, who do not wear clothing. 
As for the supply sent to Timbuktu, this is a fact 
entirely overlooked in Europe, where people speak 
continually of the fine cotton cloth produced in that 
town, while in truth all the apparel of a decent cha- 
racter in Timbuktu is brought either from Kan6 or 
from Sansandi ; and how urgently this article is there 
demanded is amply shown by the immense circuit 
which the merchandise makes to avoid the great 
dangers of the direct road from Kano to Timbuktu 
One of these, called " bin! da gani " (follow me and look), a name 
which is also given to a conspicuous kind of beads, is distinguished 
by three colours — yellow, red, and blue. Then there is a zenne 
made of atlas, called " massarchl ; " another of coloured Manches- 
ter ; and the simple one of Manchester, which is called " befta." 
