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ZINDER. 
and the Zincler people. They owe one another 
like all neighbouring people, many grudges. I 
jocularly told the commander-in-chief to kill all the 
Tuaricks. He naively replied, "I would, but when 
I attack them they all run away !" I am informed 
by the Moors here the Tuaricks have a wholesome 
dread of the Sheikh, and are on bad terms with the 
Fullans. They are, however, for the most part, 
friendly with the ancient Kohlans, the people of 
Maradee and Gouber. This accounts for the fact 
that En-Moor always spoke in the most amiable 
way of these remaining kingdoms of Soudan pagan- 
ism. The town of Zinder is inhabited chiefly by 
the blacks of the Bornouese province of Damn gram, 
who, though speaking the same language, are not 
considered Bornouese. In fact, properly speaking, 
it is situated in that province. The Zinder folks are 
easily distinguished from the natives of Kuka, and 
those more eastern provinces, by a lighter com- 
plexion and the smaller breadth of their nostrils. 
Zinder has always enjoyed much liberty as a 
province, though it has fallen successively under 
the influence of Bornou and Haussa princes. An- 
ciently it was ruled by the former ; then it lapsed 
to the Haussa princes and the Fullans, and finally it 
was again recovered by Bornou. The present prince, 
Ibrahim, has been sultan twenty-five years. Under 
his rule a rebellion took place against the Sheikh, 
who removed him, made him prisoner, and promoted 
his brother to the governorship of the province. 
