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NATIVE PRODUCTIONS. 
great horror of the dreaded Filatahs. In the market- 
place there were assembled not less than fifteen hun- 
dred people. The chief articles exposed for sale were 
— salt in bags made of stout matting, tobes, country 
cloth of various patterns, camwood in balls, hoes and 
shovels, calabashes beautifully carved, wooden spoons 
and platters, mats, straw hats with immense brims, 
bows and arrows, heaps of Indian corn, seeds of 
various kinds, twine and silk, Shea butter, yams, dried 
buffalo’s flesh, dried fish, and kouskous. The chief 
told us that slaves and ivory were also sold in the 
market. 
A blacksmith was sitting in the market-place 
making hoes. His bellows, although of rude and 
primitive construction, seemed to answer the purpose 
very well. This machine consisted of a large, stout 
leathern bag, with two wooden cylinders closed at the 
farther ends, attached to it. Tlie cylinders were per- 
forated on the sides, and fitted with clay tubes which 
projected into the fire, the points nearly meeting each 
other. A good blast was kept by the alternate eleva- 
tion and depression of the upper part of the bag. 
The mallam said, that every canoe bringing goods 
to the market pays a duty of fifty cowries for each of 
the crew. The same duty is demanded on each bag 
of salt. Slaves are brought from all the towns in the 
neighbourhood to the Gori market; five were sold 
yesterday. The niece of the King of Nufi came on 
board with the mallam. She was young, good-look- 
