Chap. XXXIV. THE MARKET. 
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no doubt about the fact. My short and uncomfort- 
able stay in the capital of A'damawa deprived me of 
the opportunity of deciding with regard to the exact 
shade of these people's complexion, but I think it is a 
yellowish brown. 
Having been busy in the morning writ- Sunday) 
ing Fulfdlde, I mounted my horse about June 15th - 
ten o'clock, accompanied by Billama and Bu-Sad, 
in order to visit the market, which is held every 
Thursday and Sunday, on a little eminence at some 
distance from the Bornu village, and close to the 
S.E. side of Sarawu Fulfulde, separated from the latter 
by a ravine. The market was furnished with thirty- 
five stalls made of bushes and mats, and was rather 
poorly attended. However, it must be taken into 
consideration, that during the season of field-labours 
all markets in Negroland are much less considerable 
than at other seasons of the year. There were a 
good many head of cattle for sale, while two oxen 
were slaughtered for provision, to be cut up and sold in 
small parcels. The chief articles besides were ground- 
nuts, butter, a small quantity of rice, salt, and soap. 
Soap, indeed, is a very important article in any 
country inhabited by Fulbe, and it is prepared in 
every household ; while very often, even in large 
places inhabited by other tribes, it is quite impossible 
to obtain this article, so essential for cleanliness. No 
native grain of any kind was in the market, — a proof 
of the great dearth which prevailed throughout the 
country. A few tiirkedi were to be seen; and I 
