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day two or three families of people, and bring them 
to the Sarkee. These poor wretches are imme- 
diately exchanged for the gour-nuts. A boy steak 
some trifling articles — a few needles; he is forth- 
with sold in the souk ; and not only he, but " if the 
Sarkee wants money," his father and mother, bro- 
thers and sisters : and " if the Sarkee is very much 
pressed for money," his familiars search for the 
brothers of the father, and all their relations. 
Indeed, crime is a lucrative source of supply for the 
prince, and what his vengeance spares from the 
executioner is sold into foreign slavery. 
In the approaching razzia, the Sarkee is ex- 
pected to take the common route of Daura, and 
carry off the villagers subjected to the Sheikh ; for, 
contrary to the opinion of the Shereef Kebir, the 
Sarkee will not attack the Kohlans, who are the 
subjects of the Fullan, but the bona fide subjects of 
the Sheikh. He will probably bring back one 
thousand slaves or captives. He will send two 
hundred to the Sheikh, with such a message as 
this : — " I have eaten up the Kafers of Daura ; here 
is your offering of two hundred Kafers." Should 
the Sheikh receive a remonstrance from the Bornou 
governor of Daura, that the Sarkee of Zinder has 
come upon him and carried oif Muslims, his sub- 
jects, he will shut his ears. In all these razzias the 
lesser chiefs act an important part, and each gets a 
share. A chief who fights under the Sarkee cap- 
tures fifty slaves, and gives up to the Sarkee 
