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them at their task. They certainly did not hurry 
themselves, and very few people hurry themselves 
in this country. These slaves were all Hazna, or 
pagans. The Sarkee of Zinder, besides Tuaricks, 
has many pagan subjects. Some of the blacks, 
I was surprised to see, had breasts as full and 
plump as many women. In other respects these 
pagans do not differ from their Muslim brethren. 
The matting is woven thirty or forty feet long, 
and eight feet broad, and is used to enclose a 
cluster of huts. It is all doubly-woven. I gave 
eaeh of them a small looking-glass, having nothing 
else to dispose of. 
According to a Moor here, the land revenues of 
Zinder are divided into three portions ; one of which 
goes to the Sarkee, one to the Sheikh, and one to the 
Bashaw. This is the new arrangement. The Sarkee 
makes up his accounts, or fills up his exchequer by 
razzias. 
27th. — The weather continues mild, but thick. 
The thermometer now stands at about 60° at sun- 
rise. The people are mostly healthy. We do not 
hear of cases of fever, or any other periodical com- 
plaints. As soon as up, I received a visit from a 
number of old ladies, who came to see the Christian, 
and to bring him a bowl of milk. One of them had 
been the nurse of the Sultan of Zinder ; so that I 
was bound to feel duly honoured by this attention. 
Everybody now says the Sarkee will return in the 
course of five days, and besides slaves, will bring 
