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ftitute of ftones, or of camel's dung. On their Ikill in the ma- 
nagement of th^fe rude inilruments of the game, they flake 
their gold duft, their brafs money, and «v€n their very cloaths ; 
and as the bye-ftanders on thefe occafions conftantly obtrude 
their advice, and fojnetimes make the moves for the perfon 
whofe fucceifs they wifli, their play is ufually accompanied by 
that conflict of abufe, and vehemence of fcolding, which mark 
and terrtiinate the lharpeft of their quarrels. 
Such is the amufement of the lower clafles of the people ; 
thofe of a fuperior rank are devoted to the more difficult and 
more interefting game of chefs, in which they are eminently 
Ikilled 
In countries that afford without cultivation, or that give in 
return for flight exertions of labour, the principal requifites of 
life, few articles of export are likely to be found. Thofe of the 
Bornou Empire confifl of— - 
Gold Duft,* Oftrich Feathers/ 
Slaves, Salt, and 
Horfes^ Civet. 
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* At Borneo I exchanged for gold duft and oftrich feathers the merchandize 
which 1 had brought from Tripoh. 
Ben Allv 
