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TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
Revenues of Dar-Fiir. 
I. On all merchandize imported the king has a duty, which 
in many inftances amounts to near a tenth ; as for inftance, on 
every camel's load of cotton goods brought from Egypt, and 
which commonly confifts of two hundred pieces, the duty paid 
to the king by the merchants of Egypt is twenty pieces : the 
Arabs who are under his government and the natives pay 
more ; fome articles however do not pay fo much. 
1, In addition to this, when they are about to leave Dar-Fur 
on their return to Egypt, another tax is demanded on the flaves 
exported, under pretence of a voluntary douceur, to be exempt 
from having their flaves fcrutinifed. This, on our caravan, 
which comprifed about five thoufand flaves, amounted to 3000 
mahbubs, between 6 and 700I. to be paid to the Chabir on 
their arrival in Egypt. 
3. All forfeitures for mifdemeanors are due to the king ; and 
this is a confiderable article j for in cafe of a difpute in which 
blood is flied, as often happens, he makes a demand of jufl: 
what proportion he thinks right of the property of the village 
in which the offence was committed, of the whole, of an half, 
of a third, of every fpecies of pofTeflion, and this moft rigor- 
oufly eftimated. 
4. In 
