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THE JEW INCENDIARISM. 
store of cattle and horses, the spoils of the poor 
people. I certainly never heard of a more iniqui- 
tous expedition, for it is believed he has gone against 
the pacific and loyal subjects of the Sheikh — not 
tribes or villages under another power. 
I went to visit the renegade Jew Ibrahim. I had 
prescribed a regimen for him, to assist in the cure of 
his bad foot, but yet he had done nothing. These 
kind of people are most eager to get prescriptions, 
but very lax in following them. Probably in secret 
they expect a magical cure, and have no confidence 
in any specific less expeditious than the waving of a 
wand. I repeated everything again to him, with- 
out expecting compliance. It is, however, cheap to 
express condolence in this manner. 
The streets are almost deserted ; only a few beg- 
gars and poor people show themselves about. There 
was a fire last night in the market-place, said to be 
the work of an incendiary. The thieves here set 
fire to the huts, and profit in the confusion by car- 
rying off the goods and chattels of the alarmed ; as, 
indeed, they do in London and other cities of 
Europe. The devices of roguery are marvellously 
monotonous. 
In the forenoon I received a visit from the Iman 
of the mosque of Zinder. I asked about the Hazna, 
or pagans, thinking to get a little information ; but 
I only learnt what I knew before, that the Hazna 
make their offerings, which consist of milk and 
ghaseb, under trees. These Hazna are mostly pea- 
