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TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAP. IV. 
Horses, hair sacks, red, black, and yellow leather, ornamental 
bridles. 
Korans, and other religious books, elegantly written, and often 
illuminated with letters of gold or rich colours. 
Kohol. The black powder used for the eyeUds. 
Aaoud el Kagh. A sweetmeat made of honey. 
Atria. A perfumed powder of cloves, wild lavender, and other 
sweet herbs, with which the Fezzan women powder their hair : the 
smell is by no means unpleasant. 
Trifles and toys are also brought in great quantities. 
In Soudan the people ride on Maherries. 
Half-way between Nooffy and Ashantee is a country of great 
extent, called Gonja. It is said that the people have the power of 
taming the elephants, which there, as in Soudan, are found in great 
numbers. This country is traversed by the traders in their way to 
the Gold Coast. 
The mountains of Kong, near Dagomba, are said actually to 
exist, but I know not whether under the same name. Beyond 
Dagomba the country is low and marshy, and at certain seasons is 
overflowed. All the people, who are not Moslems, in Soudan, 
Bornou, or indeed over the greater part of the interior, are called 
Kerdi, which means Kaffir, or " unbeliever," and is considered 
as a term of reproach ; but no distinct tribe called by that name 
exists. 
The women of the whole of the interior have no hand-mills to 
grind their corn, but pound it in large wooden mortars, enhvening 
their labour by songs. The want of salt is much felt. The Tuarick 
of Aghades and Asben, of the tribes of Kelliwe and Atesin, trade 
to great advantage in that article, which they bring from the salt 
