M^' LUCAS'S 
on the oldeft, and cutting ofF his arm, ufes it as a club to drive on 
the refL 
From Begarmee tliey are fent to Bornou,f where they are 
fold at a low price ; and from thence many of them are conveyed 
to Fezzan, where they generally embrace the MufTelman faith, 
and are afterwards exported by the way of Tripoli to different 
parts of the Levant. 
Such is the mode of obtaining the greateft part of the flaves 
who are annually fold in Bornou ; but as feveral of the prov inces 
of the empire are inhabited by Negros, their infurre8:ions, real 
or pretended, afford to the Sovereign an opportunity of increaf-^ 
ing his income by their fale^ 
A more politic and more eiTeftual mode of aiding his finan- 
ces is fruitlefsly offered by the fait lakes of the Province of 
X)omboo : for, as the great Empire of Caflma is entirely defti-- 
tute 
The Sultan of Bornou is continually at war with the various idolatrous tribes 
'•of Blacks who border on his dominions. Thofe who are taken prifoners are fold to 
the Arabs, and this trafBc conilitutes the principal commerce of the country. 
Slaves are every day brought to him, for the acqulfition of this fort of plunder 
is his conflant occupation. 
Ben Alli, 
