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THE SHONSHONA. 
the present Sarkee brought in hundreds of slaves 
from Daura, the people at the same time having 
risen against the authority of the Sheikh. 
The blacks of Kanou — not the Eullans — do not 
scarify their faces like their neighbours. The form 
of the shonshona of Zinder and its provinces is four 
cuts on each side the cheek, but not drawn very 
near the corner of the mouth; that is, rather towards 
the ears. In Tumbi and Gumel, provinces of Bor- 
nou, they draw four on the left side of the cheek and 
five on the right side ; the cuts not drawn very near 
either the corner of the mouth or the ears. Maradee 
and Kashna have six cuts on each side of the cheek, 
drawn from the top of the ears down to the corner 
of the mouth. Gouber has four small cuts close to 
the corner of the mouth. The people of the Sheikh 
of Bornou have two small cuts drawn down the face, 
under each eyelid, and one in the forehead, between 
the eyes. Even Mekka has its shonshona. One of 
the shereefs here in Zinder, who was born in that 
holy city, has three small cuts on each side his face, 
drawn down the fleshy part of the cheek. It is only 
in Mekka that the shonshona is seen. The other 
countries of Arabia do not use this disfigurement.* 
The Sheikh Lousou sent his slave to salute me 
on his part. They say, that had we been committed 
to his care, he would not have fleeced us like En- 
* Many Egyptians, men and women, practise tattooing; and if I 
mistake not, I have seen evidences of the existence of the practice 
mentioned in the text in some parts of Egypt. — Ed. 
