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ATTACK ON KORGUM AND KONCHAI. 
hold oat no longer they ascended the rocks and 
escaped. The wounds of arrows, though poisoned, 
are not always fatal, and often cured by the remedies 
known in these countries. 
The villages of Korgum are called Tangadala 
Agai. Not getting many slaves there, the Sarkee 
attacked two or three villages of Konchai. This 
province contains some three hundred villages. 
Ganua and Tanbanas were the places razzied. 
From the latter place six hundred slaves were 
obtained, nearly half of the whole captured. The 
total product of the razzia is about fifteen hundred; 
a thousand for the Sultan's share, and five hundred 
for the troops and volunteers. It is said this 
thousand will not suffice to pay the Sultan's debts, 
and it was on account of the fewness of slaves the 
Sarkee was obliged to bring with him the halt, the 
blind, the maimed, and the aged, stooping to the 
earth with age. Besides human beings, the Sarkee 
captured eight hundred and thirty bullocks, and 
flocks of sheep ; seven hundred bullocks he gave to 
the troops and volunteers, and one hundred and 
thirty have been reserved for himself. Four men 
were killed, and one hundred horses, belonging to 
Zinder ; but the enemy are said to have lost a good 
number. All the villages made resistance but one, 
where the poor people were busy cooking their 
suppers; when the Sarkee and his famished crew 
rushed upon them, seized them, and carried them 
into captivity. This, at any rate, is the report ; but, 
