M^- LUCAS'S 
is the rule of fuccellion to the monarchy ; but the Pagan king- 
doms adjohVmg, with obvioufly lefs wifdom, permit the feveral 
fons of the late Sovereign, attended by their refpeftlve partizans, 
to offer themfelves, in perfon, to the choice of the electors, and 
be aftually prefent at the decifion ; an imprudence that often 
brings with It the interference of other States, and unites the 
different calamities of foreign and intefline war. 
Thofe of the Royal Children of Bornou who are too young to 
take their fliare in the referved part of their deceafed father's pof- 
feffions, are educated in the Palace till the age of maturity ar- 
rives ; at wliich time their refpedive portions of lands and cattle 
are affigned them. 
To the four lawful wives of the late Sovereign, a feparate 
houfe, with a fuitable eftablifliment, is granted by the reigning 
Monarch ; and fuch of his numerous concubines as were not 
flaves, are at liberty to return to their feveral friends ; and, to- 
gether with leave to retain their cloaths, and all their ornaments, 
which are often valuable, have free permiffion to marry. 
In the empire of Bornou, as in all the Mahometan States, 
the adminiftration of the provinces is committed to Governors, 
appointed 
