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Chap. LXX. 
duced in Wddi Nun, and called, par excellence^ 
el warga," " the leaf," as it is not only smoked by 
the Arabs and natives in the country, as far as they 
are not exposed to the censure of the ruling race 
of the Fulbe, but is even exported to Sansdndi. I 
have already observed that tobacco constitutes a 
contraband article in all the towns where the Fiilbe 
of Hamda-Alldhi exercise dominion, and in Tim- 
buktu especially, where one can only indulge in this 
luxury in a clandestine manner. 
Tobacco, together with dates, forms also the chief ar- 
ticle of import from Tawat, the species from that place 
being called " el wargat," the leaves indicating its 
inferior character to the first-rate article from Wadi 
Niin. Dates and tobacco form articles of trade among 
the people of Tawat, the poor tradesmen of that 
country possessing very little of themselves besides. 
But the quantity of these articles imported has also 
been greatly overrated by those who have spoken of 
the commercial relations of these regions from a dis- 
tance. At least I am sure that the whole of the time I 
was staying in the town only about twenty camel- 
loads of these two articles together were imported. 
With regard to exports, they consisted, at the time 
of my stay in the place, of very little besides gold and 
a moderate quantity of gum and wax, while ivory 
and slaves, as far as I was able to ascertain, seemed 
not to be exported to any considerable amount. 
However, a tolerable proportion of the entire export 
from these regions proceeds by way of A'rav/an, 
