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had sent them back. He asked me to open the sheik’s letter, after he 
had read the list of medicines. I said, it was more than my head 
was worth to do such a thing ; that I had come to him with a letter 
and presents from the king of England, on the faith of his own 
letter the preceding year, and I hoped he would not break his pro- 
mises and his word for the sake of seeing the contents of that letter 
which he had now lying beside him. He then made a motion with 
his hand for me to go, and I accordingly rose, made my bow, and 
went out: I saw Pascoe at the door, ready to have his audience, 
the Gadado accompanying me as far as the door. Instead of going 
to my house, I went to see Hadji Salah, who certainly was but poorly 
lodged by the Fellatas. I asked him, as there was none present 
but the son of the former sultan of Fezzan, and whom he had 
brought from Ivano with him, what had brought him to Soccatoo? 
He said, they had not yet told him, but he did not care for them. 
The house, as soon as it was known that I was there, was soon 
filled with Fellatas, and I left him. 
Saturday, 23d. — Hadji Salah to-day saw the sultan, and I was 
informed by the master of my house that he was to return to Kano 
in four days after this. In the evening, Hadji Salah, having asked 
the Gadado’s permission to pay me a visit, came about eight P. M. : 
he was not watched, that I could see. He informed me that he 
had seen the sultan to-day, who had desired him to tell the truth, 
whether I had given him the sheik’s present, or any thing for the 
sheik before I left Kano. Pie said he certainly never received any 
thing from me for the sheik, neither letter, nor goods, nor any thing 
else. After answering to this effect, as also the two friends that 
had come with him, the sultan told him it was well ; he would allow 
him to return to his family in four days. He said, with respect 
to me, he would advise me, as a friend and a man of peace, to give 
up to them the present I had for the sheik, and return home by 
