. It is all doubly-woven. I gave
each of them a small looking-glass, having nothing else to dispose of.

According to a Moor here, the land revenues of Zinder are divided into
three portions; one of which goes to the Sarkee, one to the Sheikh, and
one to the Bashaw. This is the new arrangement. The Sarkee makes up his
accounts, or fills up his exchequer by razzias.

_27th._--The weather continues mild, but thick. The thermometer now
stands at about 60 deg. at sunrise. The people are mostly healthy. We do not
hear of cases of fever, or any other periodical complaints. As soon as
up, I received a visit from a number of old ladies, who came to see the
Christian, and to bring him a bowl of milk. One of them had been the
nurse of the Sultan of Zinder; so that I was bound to feel duly honoured
by this attention.

Everybody now says the Sarkee will return in the course of five days,
and besides slaves, will bring store of cattle and horses, the spoils of
the poor people. I certainly never heard of a more iniquitous
expedition, for it is believed he has gone against the pacific and loyal
subjects of the Sheikh--not tribes or villages under another power.

I went to visit the renegade Jew Ibrahim. I had prescribed a regimen for
him, to assist in the cure of his bad foot, but yet he had done nothing.
These kind of people are most eager to get prescriptions, but very lax
in following them. Probably in secret they expect a magical cure, and
have no confidence in any specific less expeditious than the waving of a
wand. I repeated everything again to him, without expecting compliance.
It is, however, cheap to express condolence in this manner.

The streets are almost deserted; only a few beggars and poor people show
themselves about. There was a fire last night in the market-place, said
to be the work of an incendiary. The thieves here set fire to the huts,
and profit in the confusion by carrying off the goods and chattels of
the alarmed; as, indeed, they do in London and other cities of Europe.
The devices of roguery are marvellously monotonous.

In the forenoon I received a visit from the Iman of the mosque of
Zinder. I asked about the Hazna, or pagans, thinking to get a little
information; but I only learnt what I knew before, that the Hazna make
their offerings, which consist, of milk and ghaseb, under trees. These
Hazna are mostly peasants--little farmers; and, like Cain, they offer to
their deity the fruits of the earth. T