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CONTENTS 
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THE FIFTH VOLUME. 
CHAP. LXX. 
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Beginning of the New Year. — Anomalous Rising of the 
Niger. — Commercial Relations of Timbuktu - - 1 
Cheering Prospects at the beginning of the Year. — Material Existence. — 
Unreasonable Dispute about a Point of Religious Controversy Em- 
barrassing Circumstances. — Anomalous Rising of the River. — The 
Phenomenon explained. — High State of the Waters. — Machinations 
of the Merchants from Morocco. — Mysterious Attack of Sickness. — 
Rainy Days in January. — Departure put off. — Demon Principle of the 
Mohammedans. — Small Loan. — Commercial Relations. — Manufactures 
limited. — Leather Work. — Specimens. — No Weaving. — Foreign 
Commerce. — Gold. — Gold and Salt. — Species and Prices of Salt. — 
Salt and Giiro Nuts, — Points in the Trade of Giiro Nuts. — Cotton Ma- 
nufactures in former Times. — Provisions. — Caravans from the North. 
— Exaggerated Accounts. — Articles of European Commerce. — Impor- 
tant Position of Timbuktu. 
CHAP. LXXI. 
Diary, continued ------ ^ 
My Informants. — Continued Disappointment. — Family Reason of Delay, 
— Leave again for the Tents. — Merits of the Prophets. — Books sent 
out to Central Africa. — Arrival of Sidi Mohammed. — Hammadi. — 
Family Concerns. — Another Arrival from Ghadames. — Unlucky Fate 
of a Parcel. — The Waters subside. — Indications of a political Storm. 
— Arrival of another Officer from Hamda-Allahi. — Protest of the 
Brothers A sleepless Night. — Interesting Episode. — The Kel- 
ulli. 
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