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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. LXXXII. 
Kel-owl with the latter had assumed a much more 
friendly character, and our old friend A'nnur had 
paid a visit to the town of K^tsena. My friend 'Abd 
el Kdder, the Sultan of A^gades, who, as 1 have 
mentioned on my outward journey, had been deposed, 
and had been succeeded by Hdmed e' Rufdy, had now 
turned merchant on a grand scale, endeavouring at 
the same time to attach the Fiilbe to his cause. His 
usual residence was now in Kdtsena, but he had paid a 
visit the previous year, in company with the governor 
of that place, to the emir El Miimenm, taking him, 
besides a quantity of berniises and other valuable 
articles, a present of thirteen horses of Tawdrek breed, 
and receiving from the latter, besides a number of 
tobeS; 3,000,000 shells, and 260 slaves. Having re- 
mained about two months in Wurn6, and having been 
treated altogether in the most distinguished manner, 
the ex-king of A'gades had been forwarded with a 
numerous escort ; for, notwithstanding the extreme 
weakness of this empire, if viewed from a European 
point of view, it even now ish not quite destitute of 
means. During my stay, the messengers arrived 
from Zariya, with a bi-monthly tribute of 300,000 
shells, 85 slaves and 100 tobes. 
Having at length overcome the laziness of my 
companions, I had the satisfaction of seeing my depar- 
ture finally arranged for the 5th October. The gha- 
ladima, in whose company on my outward journey I 
had come from Kdtsena, was again to be my fellow 
traveller on my return eastward. I therefore com- 
