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CONVERTED JEWS. 
likewise, are often found with paramours outside 
the palace. 
I went to see a Jew who has been some time 
resident in Zinder. This Jew is one of those three 
who came to Mourzuk with Abd-el-Galeel, and 
after his death turned Muslims, and came up to 
Soudan and Bornou. He is called Ibrahim. The 
one now in Tesaoua, and who is going with Overweg 
to Maradee, is Mousa ; and the other is called Isaac. 
The Moors put no faith in the conversion of these 
Jews : they say, " These men are always Jews in 
their hearts; they turned Muslims on speculation." 
It is certain that they got handsome presents at 
Mourzuk from the credulous believers. Of others, 
the Moors say they became Muslims to prevent 
the Tuaricks from killing them. I asked Ibrahim 
how he passed the Tuarick countries, and was in- 
formed that the Ghatees treated him the worst. 
They swore he was not a Muslim, but still a 
Jew, and demanded one hundred dollars from him 
to pass. He got off with fifty ; whilst to the Aheer 
people he paid about twenty dollars. A Christian 
or a Jew must never think he will be able to save 
his money, or, much less, his credit, by apostatising, 
for these Tuaricks will always swear his conversion 
is sham, however real it may be. He will always 
have to pay the same money, whether he keep his 
religion or sell it for the chance of saving his 
worthless gold and silver. 
All these Jews, however, seem to have thriven 
