NUMBER OF INHABITANTS. 
93 
Tlie condition of tlie domestic slave diSers little 
from tliat of liis master, except that for some offences, 
or upon a great emergency, he may be sold. The 
town belongs to the district called Bushi, which ex- 
tends from the bank opposite Bachinkn as far as 
Egga, and comprises about forty towns and villages, 
containing a population of upwards of thirty thou- 
sand. At Kinami, there are not more than a thou- 
sand inhabitants. I should say, that the number of 
huts in Kinami is not much short of seven or eight 
hundred ; so that, the population may seem to be 
estimated as much too low. But from the disturbed 
state of the country, people are every day changing 
their place of residence, and consequently many of the 
huts are neglected, and become uninhabitable. The 
people in the Bushi district seem to be a laborious 
and industrious race. They weave a cloth, of good 
texture, purchasing the cotton from the Null people 
on the left bank, where it grows in great abundance. 
The value of a bag of cotton containing about twelve 
pounds’ weight, is cowries to the value of about Gd. 
sterling. Rice is cultivated to a considerable extent 
in the Bushi district ; but the unusuul height of the 
river this season has destroyed the whole crop. The 
people told us, that elephants abounded in the neigh- 
bourhood, but that they did not kill many, and con- 
sequently had little or no ivory for sale. They send 
yams, sheep, and goats to the Egga market ; and 
obtain salt from Dohma. The Rabbah people are 
