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CHAPTER XII. 
Presents from Officials — Mode of treating Camels — Prices — Cowrie 
Money — Shereef Interpreter — Visits — Harem — Houses — Grand 
Vizier — Picturesque Dances — Tuaricks at Zinder — Kohlans and 
Fullans ■ — Province of Zinder — Account of its Rebellions — Trees 
— Details on the Slave-trade — Prices — Mode of obtaining Slaves 
— Abject Respect of the Sultan — Visits — Interview with the Sarkee 
— The Presence — Curious Mode of administering Justice — Bar- 
barous Punishments — Hyaenas — Gurasu — Fighis — Place of 
Execution — Tree of Death — Hysena Dens — Dancing. 
Jan. Ylth. — The Sultan this morning sent me an ox. 
I made him my personal friend by giving him the 
powder and shot, in spite of the servant of Haj 
Beshir from Kuka. The Shereef is excessively 
generous; whether at his own cost or that of Kuka I 
do not know. I suppose the latter, as he had orders 
from head-quarters to supply us with everything. 
He sends rice, honey, fowls, eggs, milk, tomatas, 
and all things in abundance. I repeat, for the 
third time, that the world is turned upside down, 
so far as the supply of provisions and hospitality is 
concerned. It is true that the Tuaricks are des- 
perately poor, and their generosity must always be 
very limited. 
