Chap. LXX. LEATHER-WORK.— NO WEAVING. 19 
are very neat, as shown in the accompanying 
wood-cuts; but even these are mostly manufac- 
tured by Tawarek, and especially females, so that 
the industry of the city is hardly of any account. 
It was formerly supposed that Timbuktu was dis- 
tinguished on account of its weaving*, and that the 
export of dyed shirts from hence was considerable; 
but I have already had an opportunity of showing 
that this was entirely a mistake, almost the whole 
clothing of the natives themselves, especially that of 
the wealthier classes, being imported either from 
Kan6f or from Sansandi, besides the calico imported 
from England. The export of the produce of Kan6, 
* It may have been so, nevertheless, in the time of Leo, who 
mentions the many " botteghe di tessitori di tele di bambagio." 
B. vii. c. 5. 
I I will here only observe that Lord Fitzclarence, owing to the 
inquiries which, on his passage along the Red Sea, he made of 
a clever pilgrim, obtained a hint of this interesting fact. Journey 
from India overland, p. 423. 
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