192 GARDENS OF ZINDER THE FRENCH. 
chandise of every sort, and slaves in numbers. 
Honey also is brought from Kanou to this souk. 
In Kanou, twelve pounds and a-half are sold for 
four thousand wadas, or four-fifths of a dollar. In 
Zinder, the same quantity sells for about double the 
price. They adulterate here and send it to Aheer. 
In the evening I went with the Shereef to his 
garden. He has brought with him the tastes of the 
people of Morocco for gardens, and has introduced 
into Zinder tomatas from Kuka. His beds con- 
tain onions, peppers, cucumbers, wheat, lemons, 
date-palms, and some other small things. There 
is a little wheat also, but merely as an ornament. 
The date-palms bear twice a-year, but the dates do 
not dry in this country. There is a part of Soudan 
where the dates are said to become dry as those of 
Fezzan. The lemons are as good as those on the 
north coast, but they are found only in Soudan. 
"But two or three trees have been seen in Bornou. 
Onions are in abundance, and it is said that those 
people who eat onions do not catch the fevers of 
Soudan. The Shereef considers the horses of this 
country to have little strength — not to be compared 
with those of the north coast. He has sent me one 
to ride round the environs. We conversed upon 
Algerian affairs. The Shereef said nothing against 
the French in general ; he only complained of the 
non-fulfilment of the treaty of capitulation with 
Abd-el-Kader and his fellow-prisoners. I told 
him Bou Maza was liberated, which news surprised 
