CHAP. IV. 
ARTICLES OF TRADE. 
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Beads of various kinds and colours. 
Agates and cornelians roughly cut in the form of hearts. 
Arrnlets of glass, of various colours. 
Brass anklets, armlets, and ear-rings ; blunderbusses, pistols, 
swords, powder, and daggers ; gilt stirrups, tents, soap of an inferior 
quality, musk, sugar, brown and white, in loaves, attar of roses, and 
jasmin ; rose water, aloes wood and camphor for perfuming the 
dead, zebed (or civet) of Mecca, and several other perfumes ; silver 
ornaments for women ; horses occasionally ; bottles, ornamented 
boxes, tobacco and bowls for pipes ; bead headbands for female 
slaves ; sheet tin, and tin articles ; red caps, Luban, a gum tasting- 
much like resin, which people chew, and gum mastic ; Habsia ; 
handsome girls from Abyssinia, educated in Mecca or Egypt. They 
are now but seldom brought, the Fezzanners not being rich enough 
to purchase them as formerly. 
From Bornou the Tibboo bring 
Slaves, wooden bowls, kafFala, or gourd bowls ; a few tobes or 
shirts; sheep, goats, and a little honey. Lion's skins were once 
brought, but they are not now to be had, owing to the Sultan of 
Bornou buying them all up for his negresses to sleep on, to prevent 
their bearing children, as he has already a large family. It is im- 
plicitly beheved that a woman who sleeps on a lion's skin never can 
become pregnant. 
From Tuat the Tuarick bring 
Gold procured from Tembuctoo in dust and bars ; now, however, 
rarely and in small quantities. 
Silk and gold belts, with cases to hang the books in. 
Tinned copper pots, basins, &c. 
Light j creeds, or abas, of wool or cotton. 
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