Medaas. Ornamental sandals of exquisite workmanship, for men and women. Keldbo. These are the ox hides just mentioned, and are sold in Fezzan for five or six dollars each. Gerbas. Or water.skins, made of goats’ hides; they are considered the best in Africa, are very large and tight, and are worth three dollars each. E l Khaaf. The blue wrappers which form part of the headdress of the Tuarick. Ostrich skins with the feathers on. Honey. Yellow and white, and very good. Goor, Kolia, or Gooroo nuts. They are brought fresh inclosed in a particular leaf, which retains its moisture for several days; if occasionally dipped in water, the nut will remain fresh for months. The taste is an agreeable bitter; and water drank after chewing a piece of one appears quite sweet, resembling the flavour of an artichoke. In Morzouk this luxury sells at the rate of four nuts for a dollar. They are about the size of a walnut, and shaped like a large bean. It is said, that in certain years when the nut has been scarce, people in Soudan have given a slave for one of them. They are the produce of Dagomba, Ashantee, and several countries west of Tembuctoo: I conceive they may be the Kolia nut of Park. When in a dry state, much of their bitterness ceases, and they resemble a dry chesnut; they are then less valuable, and are called Kowda. These dainties are offered to visitors as coffee is on the coast of Barbary; many people call them the negro’s coffee. Pepper. Bed, of two kinds; and three or four sorts of black, one of which resembles the pod of a vetch or tare. Tammerat el Jilfil. A large pod, in shape resembling a walnut, and containing many small seeds of a very pungent taste, equal to Cayenne pepper. Zoogoo. A kind of cotton cloth of great strength and thickness. Elephants’ teeth. N o t often brought. Leather ja rs. For containing oil, butter, or grease o f any description. Honey is also brought in them : they are' called Butta. Leather bags. Capable of containing about a sack of corn; made of the hide of the black buffalo. Bowls, called Kaffala, highly carved and ornamented, made of gourds ; others are of wood; and wooden spoons. Mortars, called Karroo, made of any hard wood, and used for pounding corn. Leather, and skin ornaments, ivory armlets and finger rings, little fancy baskets, and many other trifles, complete the list, and serve to supply the deficiency of a camel’s load. Blue parrots are brought from Noofy, and sell at astonishing prices, some as high as twenty dollars. They are carried by the, negresses, who soon teach them to speak. They are not found east of Noofy. A sweet cake, called Aaoud el Kagh (or cough wood) made of spice and honey, is another article of commerce. Occasionally they bring a few sheep and goats, as presents to the Sultan, or to the families of the traders; lions’ skins, and sometimes those of tiger cats. To Egypt the Fezzan Merchants carry Slaves, chiefly female. Gold, procured from the interior. Red pepper, native produce. Trona, or soda, which is procured in the Wadey Shiati, and is chewed with tobacco. Ostrich feathers. Tiger cat and lions’ skins. Majiggri, or long-tailed sheep of Soudan, which are bought in . Egypt as high as thirty dollars each.
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