DAMERGHOU DAMBABA MAKERSEE. 
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is a native and independent sultan of some 
power. His territory in Damerghou is also a mere 
village. Nevertheless, the possession of these places 
extends the political influence of the Kailouees in 
Soudan. The neighbourhood of Damerghou, espe- 
cially the western side, seems celebrated for a tribe, 
or factions of tribes, consisting of bad Tuaricks. 
This race is evidently spreading in Soudan : there 
are great numbers in Gouber and the countries near. 
I purchased from the itinerant pedagogues of 
Eornou two of their ink-bottles, which are made 
of small calabashes. They wrote for me some 
specimens of their penmanship, a charm, fatah, or 
first chapter of the Koran. They wrote and formed 
their letters sideways, as some lawyers' clerks do in 
•England. 
Danibaba Makersee took the liberty of informing 
me to-day, as if I did not know it before, that all 
the things of us Christians were considered by the 
Kailouees generally as common property, and that 
whoever could lay hold of any ought to do so with- 
out qualm or scruple ; but, he added, when you 
arrive in Zinder, all will be changed. Let us hope 
so, Inshallah ! 
Strings of charms are worn by the men oc- 
casionally under the arm, or suspended over the 
shoulders, as well as round the neck. The charm 
or armlet of the Moors and Tuaricks corresponds 
with the Fetish of the ancient Kohlan, people of 
