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ing" word that a firman had been written to all the 
functionaries of the Porte, forbidding them to receive 
any presents, — an excellent measure, doing credit to 
the Sultanas administration. The great plague of 
the East is the system of bribery carried on 
under the form of presents. The pay of the Pasha 
is six hundred and fifty mahboubs per month, nearly 
all spent in the town. 
llth. — The weather is extremely hot and sultry. 
The sun burns the umbrella if you pass for a few 
minutes under it. Even the natives complain of the 
extreme heat of the weather. 
\%th. — Not quite so oppressive ; but, as Dr. 
Barth says, the south wind blows throughout North- 
ern Africa in May. 
20th. — This morning, the black who came with 
us, and had two wives, divorced one of them, return- 
ing the woman's dowry of thirty-seven Tunisian 
piastres. The divorce took place before the Kady 
in the open streets. 
2\st, — Haj Lameen came to see me. He 
does not forget to remind us that the Tuaricks 
expect many presents. I have no doubt they do. 
He says we must be generous at all the following- 
places : — ^ Ghat, Aheer, Aghadez, Damerghou, 
Zinder, Minyou, Tesaouah, Kashna, Kanou, Sak- 
katou, Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara, and to the 
Tibboos of Bilma ; not to mention the intermediate 
towns and villages. However, if the presents be 
valuable, we may expect in some places rations of 
