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ladies of fashion in Aheer. This Zinder lady had 
also the end of the tufts of her hair — I cannot call 
them curls — formed into clayey sticks of macerated 
indigo. For the rest, she had little clothing, her 
arms and bust being quite bare. All the other 
ladies with her were coloured in like fashion, and 
had their hair dressed in a similar manner. 
Afterwards I visited an old Tripoline Mamluke, 
who has been up here twenty- two long years. He 
came alone, and has now a household of twenty- 
eight persons, including wives, children, and slaves. 
He is called Mohammed El-Wardi, knew Dr. 
Oudney, and even mentioned his name, recollecting 
it after so many years. He knew also the other 
travellers. Some of his family are in Kuka. 
Various applications are made me for remedies 
to avert certain evils, and one man applied for 
a means to make him sell his goods quick : this 
was a Tibboo trader. 
It would appear that some of the routes from 
Zinder to neighbouring places are not very safe ; 
that from this place to Kanou, even, is somewhat 
dangerous for small parties, there being woods on 
the road, in which lurk banditti, who lie in wait for 
unprotected caravans. With good travelling, Kanou 
is only eight or ten days from Zinder, and Kashna 
four or five. It is not easy to get the route here by 
hours, for the people are ignorant of this way of reck- 
oning the routes. By days, something may be done. 
The Moorish merchants resident here pretend 
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