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who made a dreadful slaughter of them. The fight lasted a whole 
day, when the Yamyams and people of Jacoba were entirely routed ; 
he himself narrowly escaping being taken prisoner. The morning 
after, the surviving Yamyams repaired to the field of action, and 
bearing off a great number of the dead bodies of their enemies, 
made a fire, roasted, and ate them ! 
Soon after our arrival at Markee, on the 19th, the spouse of the 
chief, a finely formed and intelligent looking woman, aged about 
22 years, came to me with tears in her eyes, and implored me to 
give her some magarie, as she had no child. I accordingly pre- 
sented her with a couple of tea-spoonfuls of oil of cinnamon, and 
ordered her to put two drops of it into a pint of cow’s milk, which 
should be taken three times a day till the whole was consumed. 
I told her that on my return to Markee I had not the least doubt 
I should have the pleasure of seeing her the happy mother of a 
numerous progeny. On her husband being made acquainted with 
the circumstance, he came and thanked me in the heartiest manner 
for my kindness, gave me abundance of fresh milk, fowls, rice, &c. ; 
telling me at the same time, that on my return from England he 
would give me a large sum of money, which, no doubt, he will do. 
Bidding them adieu the next morning, they said to me, “ Christian ! 
God send you safely to your country, and may you speedily come 
back to Markee.” 
On my arrival at Kano on the 25th of May, 1 delivered Sultan 
Bello’s order and letter to Hadji Hat Sallali ; but he declared, 
after perusing the letter, he would have nothing to do with it: he 
had nearly lost his head on my father’s account at Soccatoo, and 
therefore positively refused to lend me a single cowrie. He had no 
objection to give, in goods and a slave, the amount of my demands 
on Bello, but refused to let me have any money. I accordingly 
received from him a strong female slave, a quantity of unwrought 
silk, and scarlet caps and beads. I sold my weakened and diseased 
