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MR- LED yard's 
I have underilood to-day, that the King of Sennar is himfelf 
a Merchant, and concerned in the Sennar caravans. The Mer-^ 
chant here who contracts to convey me to Sennar, is Procurer 
at Cairo to the King of Sennar : this is a good circumftance, and 
one I knew not of till to-day. Mr. Rofetti informed me of it. 
He informed me alfo, that this year the importation of Negro 
Slaves into Egypt will amount to 20,000. The caravans 
from the interior countries of Africa do not arrive here uni- 
formly every year they are fometimes abfent two or three 
years. 
Among a dozen of Sennar flaves, I faw three perfonable 
men, of a good bright olive colour, of vivacious and intelligent 
countenances ; but they had all three (which firft attracted my 
notice) heads uncommonly formed : the forehead was the nar- 
rowefl, the longeft, and mofi: protuberant I ever faw. Many of 
thefe flaves fpeak a few words of the Arab language ; but whe- 
ther they learned them before or fince their captivity I cannot 
tell 
A caravan goes from here (Cairo) to Fezzan, which they 
call a journey of fifty days ; and from Fezzan to Tombudou, 
which they call a journey of ninety days. The caravans tra- 
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