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VISITS. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Brother of the Sultan — Trade of Zinder — Prices — The Sarkee drinks 
Rum — Five Cities — Houses of Zinder — Female Toilette — Another 
Tree of Death — Paganism — Severity of the Sultan — Lemons — 
Barth and Overweg — Fire — Brother of the Sarkee — Daura — 
Shonshona — Lousou — Slaves in Irons — Reported Razzia — Talk 
with the Shereef — Humble Manners — Applications for Medicines 
— Towns and Villages of Zinder — The great Drum — Dyers. — Tua- 
rick Visits — Rationale of Razzias — Slaves — " Like Prince like 
People " — French in Algiers — The Market — Old Slave — Infa- 
mous System — Plan of the great Razzia. 
Jan. 20th. — I received visits as usual, and one from a 
younger brother of the Sultan, whom I treated with 
coffee ; and I also gave him a cotton handkerchief 
and a ring, so that he went away highly satisfied. 
He had a numerous train, all of whom had a peep at 
the show and a bit of sugar. This brother of the 
Sultan is a pleasant-looking fellow, a very different 
character from the man in power. He asked for 
saffron to colour charms with; but I had none to 
give him. 
Those who expect to find Zinder a great com- 
mercial depot will be much disappointed. The 
principal merchants here are the Sheikhs En-Noor 
