INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Transactions at Kamalia resumed. — Arabic MSS. in Use among 
the Mahomedan Negroes. — Reflections concerning the Conver- 
sion and Education of the Negro Children. — Return of the 
Author s Benefactor, Karfa. — Further Account of the Purchase 
and Treatment of Slaves. — Fast of Rbamadan, how observed 
by the Negroes. — Author s Anxiety for the Day of Departure. 
— The Caravan sets out — Account of it on its Depart ure, and 
Proceedings on the Road, until its arrival at Kinytakooro. 
The schoolmaster, to whose care I was intrusted during the 
absence of Karfa, was a man of a mild disposition, and gentle 
manners ; his name was Fankooma ; and although he himself 
adhered strictly to the religion of Mahomet, he was by no means 
intolerant in his principles towards others who differed from 
him. He spent much of his time in reading ; and teaching 
appeared to be his pleasure, as well as employment. His school 
consisted of seventeen boys, most of whom were sons of Kafirs ; 
and two girls, one of whom was Karfa's own daughter. The 
girls received their instructions in the day time, but the boys 
always had their lessons by the light of a large fire before day- 
break, and again late in the evening ; for being considered, 
during their scholarship, as the domestic slaves of the master, 
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