CHAPTER IX. 
General View of the Trade from Fezzan to Tripoli^ Bornou^ Cafj- 
na, and the Countries on the South of the Niger, 
In the general defcription of Fezzan, an account was given of 
the various articles of native produce which fupply the wants, 
or contribute to the trade of its people ; but of xh^'u Foreign Com- 
merce, for which, like the Dutch in Europe, they are eminently 
diftinguifhed, the detail was purpofely deferred : for till a pre- 
vious account of the countries to which that commerce is eftab- 
lifhed had been exhibited, no adequate conception of its nature 
or extent could be eafily conveyed. 
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