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the souk ; — everybody was very civil; — no calling 
Kafer! — Tuaricks all as still as mice. 
I called upon the Shereef Kebir, and drank 
with him tea and coffee, which he makes in Magrabi 
fashion, putting the sugar in the tea-pot. I observed, 
" How is this ? I hear the Sultan is going soon on 
a razzia." Somewhat disconcerted, he replied, 
Allah yalem! — " God teaches!" After some time, 
he explained that the Sheikh left his vassals great 
liberty in this matter ; that the Sultan of Zinder 
was permitted to go to Daura and eat up the Koh- 
lans, but not the Fullans, between whom and the 
Sheikh there was peace : that is to say, the Fullans 
were not to be made slaves, but the Kohlan subjects 
of the Fullans might be captured. The Sheikh 
was not friendly to Maradee, and wished the Sultan 
of Zinder to attack that country ; but the Sarkee 
was a friend of Maradee, and would not, &c. Sec. So 
it is quite clear these Sarkees, or at any rate the 
one in Zinder, have great latitude of action. After 
hesitating still more about these razzias, the Shereef 
said, " Oh, you see the strong devour the weak ; 
there are no regular governments here." 
In the souk to-day, it was proved beyond all 
doubt that the Zinder people sell themselves into 
foreign slavery. Many of the slaves for sale had 
the Zinder scarified marks on their faces. There 
were also specimens from Maradee. Slaves are 
sent from Zinder to Niffee. Indeed, it now appears 
