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chest and killed him on the spot. Unfortunately for 
the Latookas, some of their cattle had left the town to 
pasture just before the attack took place; these were 
captured by the Turks, but not one hostile foot had 
been able to penetrate their town. 
On the following day the party were busily engaged 
in dividing the spoil, one third belonging to the men as 
a bonus, while the remainder were the property of the 
traders' establishment, or “ Meri" (government), as they 
term the proprietor. This portion was to be sent to 
Obbo as a place of security and good pasturage, and 
the men were to engage in other razzias in Latooka, 
and to collect a large number of cattle to be driven 
south to exchange for ivory. Koorshid s camp was a 
scene of continual uproar, the men quarrelling over 
the division of the spoil. 
Journal—June 2d .—“The Turks are now busy 
buying and selling, each man disposing of his share of 
the stolen cattle according to his wants : one exchanges 
a cow to the natives for corn and meat; another 
slaughters an ox, and retails small portions for merissa 
(beer), fowls, &c., the natives flocking to the camp like 
vultures scenting flesh; others reserve their cattle for 
the purpose of purchasing the daughters of the natives 
for slaves under the name of wives, whom they will 
eventually sell in Khartoum for from twenty to thirty 
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