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The common price in Bornou of a cow or a 
, / bull is a mahaboob of Tripoli, or 
A flieep, o 3 o 
An oftrich, o 6 o 
An antelope, g i 6 
A camel from 61. to 7I. los. or at a medimii, 615 o 
A liorfe from 3I. to 7I. los. or at a medium^ 5 5 o 
In general, tlie towns have no other defence than that which 
the courage of the inhabitants affords: but the capital is fur- 
rounded by a wall of fourteen feet in height, the foundations of 
which are from eight to ten feet deep, and which feems to be 
built with coniiderable ftrength. To this defence is given the 
additional fecurity of a ditch, which encompalles the whole ; 
and care is taken, that at fun-fet the feven gates which form 
the communication with the country lliall be fliut,* 
The great population of Bornou is defcribed by the indefinite 
and metaphorical exprefhon of a countlefs multitude. 
In 
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* Eornoo is furrounded by a wall, on which, however, there are no guards. 
Ben Allip 
