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are foreigners, and so have the disposal of all the 
goods most coveted by the blacks, who have only 
the ghaseb and the cattle. 
22d. — The morning is hazy and mild, the ther- 
mometer standing at 57°. 
A fire broke out close to us early this morning, 
and two or three huts were immediately consumed. 
However, the people quenched the flames in a very 
short time. I wonder half the town is not burnt 
down every now and then. Visitors pour in upon 
me as soon as I am up and dressed ; and some 
patients likewise. 
The brother of the present Sarkee of Zinder, who 
ruled a year in Zinder, is called Tanimu. He has a 
great military reputation, and is a brave man. Dur- 
ing his administration he razzied no less than thirty 
countries. Daura, or Dura, was the principal theatre 
of his exploits. This Daura is a country consisting of 
about a thousand towns and villages ; four hundred 
belonging to the Fullans, and six hundred to the 
Sheikh of Bornou. The Fullanee Sultan is called 
Mohammed Bello, and he of the Sheikh, Sofo Lu- 
kudi. The nearest place in Daura is not more than 
one day S. W. of Zinder. The people of the country 
are remarkably expert in the use of the bow and 
arrow; and their arrows are very strong, piercing 
through, as the people say, three boxes, and after- 
wards killing a man. The wound of these arrows 
is fatal, the flesh of the smitten part rising up imme- 
diately into an enormous swelling. The brother of 
