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mixed the butter and honey well together, and then brought 
it to us in a neat pewter dish of European manufacture. 
The Haggi-Mohammed ordered her to carry it into a cor- 
ridor on the first floor, and then requested me to go up to 
breakfast. I ate but little, and, when 1 went down to thank 
him for his attention, he begged that I would lie down and 
rest, saying that I must be much fatigued after my long 
journey. He conducted me into a house, which served the 
two-fold purpose of a lodging for his slaves and a magazine 
for his merchandise. He cleared out a little corridor, and, 
having ordered a mat to be spread upon the floor, told me 
that this was to be my chamber. He had a better house, in 
which he himself resided with his children. My umbrella 
attracted his attention ; he asked me to let him see it : he 
opened and shut it several times and showed it to those 
about him. He called the sherif and shewed it to him. 
The sherif appeared to be a connoisseur in curiosities of this 
kind, and he admired it exceedingly ; many negroes stopped 
to look at it, and seemed utterly lost in amazement. I told 
the Moor that I had brought with me some other luggage. 
He desired me to go and fetch it, and sent a person to con- 
duct me. I went to the residence of my old guide to get 
my baggage, which I had left in my chamber ; as there was 
no door to it, I might have had reason to repent this impru- 
dence j but, fortunately, 1 found every thing as I had left it . 
Kai-mou asked me if I was pleased with my new hosts, for 
I had two. I replied in the affirmative. On my return to 
my lodging, the Haggi-Mohammed asked me what there was 
in my bag ; he advised me if I had merchandise to sell it 
before my departure, as I should not dispose of it so advan- 
tageously at Timbuctoo, all the goods that are sold at Jenne 
being brought from that city. 
I took my bag to my new lodging and opened it in 
order to prepare for the visit which I expected to receive 
from the Moors j I laid aside the money which 1 had in my 
