FOUNDATION OF A CITY IN THE WILDERNESS. 39 
" Oh ! " rejoined En-Noor; " stop a minute, and 
I will bring you a multitude of people, and we 
together will make a large city." En-Noor kept 
his word, and brought a multitude of Kailouees, 
Kohlans, and their slaves. Now Tesaoua is a 
mighty city, and En-Noor has got a small town of 
his own near it, mostly peopled by his dependants. 
Such is the foundation of many African cities : 
these places springing up as mushrooms, and dis- 
appearing as soon. 
En-Noor also pretends, that through his father 
he is heir to the thrones of the ancient Kohlans, 
about Kashria, Gouber, and Maradee, and that 
he ought to come into possession after the death 
of the present occupants. This, I should think, 
is incorrect ; but his highness has undoubtedly 
great political influence in those countries. We 
learn that several of the men of Tintalous have 
wives and families in Damerghou and Tesaoua, but 
none of them have large families — only one or two 
children. 
