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RESIDENCE AT SOCCATOO AND MAGARIA. 
king, and delivered them ; that I had a letter and presents from 
the king of England's vizier ; that when I sent the sword from 
Ivatagum to Bello, from the king of England, the Sheik of Bor- 
nou had seized the letter that came with it, and they had now done 
the same by him ; and that, if I would give up the present, they 
would send it by Hadji Salah. I said there was no letter whatever 
came with the sword and box I had sent from Katagum. I ob- 
served to him, that the conduct of Bello was not like that of a 
prince of the faithful, who, in defiance of his letter requesting the 
king of England to send a consul out, had broken all faith between 
us; that they had done every evil to me they could. The Gadado 
pleaded the letters sent from the Sheik and the two Hadjis of 
Tripoli, saying that I was a spy, and that we wanted to take this 
country, as we had done India. He was very sorry for what the 
sultan had done, he said — as sore at heart as I could be ; that they 
had sent for Hadji Salah, who had been fourteen years in this 
country, and all that time transacting the business of the Sheik, to 
tell him, if he chose to go to Bornou, to go ; if he remained, he 
must not interfere any more for the Sheik. I said, what had I to 
do with the Sheik or Hadji Salah’s affairs ? he was my agent before, 
and that was the reason I had employed him a second time. I 
then took leave of the Gadado, after repeating to him what I had 
said above, two or three times, till he perfectly understood what I 
had said ; and adding, that I never wished to see the sultan again, 
and I must insist on the Gadado to repeat to him what I had said ; 
and also that I must for the future consider every part of his domi- 
nions as a prison, for he had broken his word in every thing. Not- 
withstanding all this, the Gadado and his brother Moodie still send 
me milk and food the same as usual ; there is not the least difference 
in their conduct. The common conversation of the town now is, 
that the English intend to take Houssa. 
