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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chain XXX. 
it : for the place not being regularly laid out, nor the 
thoroughfares limited by rows of stalls, each dealer 
squats down with his merchandise where he likes. 
There are often from twelve to fifteen thousand 
people crowded together in the market ; but the noise 
is not very great, the Kaniiri people being more sedate 
and less vivacious than the Hausawa, and not vending 
their w r ares with loud cries. However, the wanz&m 
or barber, going about, affords amusement by his con- 
stant whistling, " kangadi." In general, even amuse- 
ments have rather a sullen character in Bornu ; and 
of course, in a place of business like the market, very 
little is done for amusement, although sometimes 
a serpent-tamer ("kadhna") or a story-teller ("kos- 
golima") is met with. Also the luxuries offered to 
the people are very few in comparison with the va- 
rieties of cakes and sweetmeats in the market-places 
of Hausa ; and " kolche" (the common sweet ground- 
nut), " gangala" (the bitter groundnut), boiled beans 
or "ngalo," and a few dry dates from the Tebu 
country, are almost the only things, besides water 
and a little nasty sour milk, offered as refreshment 
to the exhausted customer. 
The fatigue which people have to undergo in pur- 
chasing their week's necessaries in the market is all the 
more harassing, as there is not at present any stan- 
dard money for buying and selling ; for the ancient 
standard of the country, viz. the pound of copper, has 
long since fallen into disuse, though the name, "rotl," 
still remains. The " g&baga," or cotton-strips, which 
