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brother will give you some town/' " No," was the 
answer ; " I will not go unless you will give me the 
whole province." This is now the great news in 
Zinder and Gurai, and was carried to the former 
place by two horsemen, who galloped from Kuka to 
Zinder in six days. 
I now write the names of the sultans of the 
province in Arabic, before them, with a black-lead 
pencil. This greatly astonishes them: first, that I 
am able to write their names and that of the 
countries which they govern ; and secondly, with a 
black-lead pencil, which they call wood. 
Names of several sorts of Fish (Buni) in Bornou, 
Yogari, a large flat fish, four or five feet long, 
and as many broad. 
Kagwi, a fish like a cod or ling. 
Haik, one foot and a half long, three or four 
inches broad. 
Kamudee, one foot and a half long, thick as the 
lower arm, and quite black. 
Karwa and Kagia, species of small plaice. 
Labun, of the size of a locust. 
Kadikadi, large thick eel. 
The Sultan is very anxious about my personal 
history, and hearing that I had my wife in Tripoli, 
inquired if I intended to take another in this 
country. 
I have had numberless visits all day long. 
The people display an intense curiosity to see the 
