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salute Zangheema, En-Noor's chief slave ; but the 
terms are much more appropriate for his master, as 
intimating his avaricious, nay voracious, disposition. 
Zangheema, however, might be called " Karen 
Zakee," the jackal of the lion, or " the lion's pro- 
vider," so anxious is he to minister to the voracious 
appetite of his lord. 
We have received the news that Dr. Barth is 
near. He is expected to-morrow evening, or early 
next day. 
29t7i. — En-Noor paid me a visit at sunset to- 
day, and talked of how many children people had 
in this country. His highness said he knew a 
sultan in Soudan who had seven hundred children. 
30th. — -The Gatronee of the Germans confirms 
the report of the circumstance, that, when the Kai- 
louees go to the Tibboos to trade for salt, all the 
male Tibboos run away, leaving all the business in 
the hands of the females; which latter, besides 
trading in salt with the Kailouees, make a good 
mercantile speculation with their charms. Each 
woman, in fact, has her Kailouee husband or lover, 
during the carrying on of this singular commerce. 
If the traders catch a single Tibboo man staying 
behind, they at once murder him, with the most 
marked approbation of the Tibboo women. Such is 
the state of connubial fidelity in this part of the 
Sahara. 
The Tibboos have been very greatly neglected 
by persons writing on Africa, chiefly on account of 
