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twenty-five or thirty, keeping the rest for himself 
and people. 
If a single undistinguished man captures five, 
the Sarkee gets two of the five ; another captures 
two, the Sarkee gets one, and the captor one. So 
all have a common interest in these nefarious 
razzias, and all start off with the utmost glee to 
capture their neighbours, their brethren, and to sell 
them into bondage. The Sarkee of Zinder will 
take with him about five thousand cavalry and 
thirty thousand foot (bowmen), drawn from these 
portions of the provinces against which the razzia 
is not now directed. 
