ll with indigo, the dark blue of which replaces
the yellow ochre of the ladies of fashion in Aheer. This Zinder lady had
also the end of the tufts of her hair--I cannot call them curls--formed
into clayey sticks of macerated indigo. For the rest, she had little
clothing, her arms and bust being quite bare. All the other ladies with
her were coloured in like fashion, and had their hair dressed in a
similar manner.

Afterwards I visited an old Tripoline Mamluke, who has been up here
twenty-two long years. He came alone, and has now a household of
twenty-eight persons, including wives, children, and slaves. He is
called Mohammed El-Wardi, knew Dr. Oudney, and even mentioned his name,
recollecting it after so many years. He knew also the other travellers.
Some of his family are in Kuka.

Various applications are made me for remedies to avert certain evils,
and one man applied for a means to make him sell his goods quick: this
was a Tibboo trader.

It would appear that some of the routes from Zinder to neighbouring
places are not very safe; that from this place to Kanou, even, is
somewhat dangerous for small parties, there being woods on the road, in
which lurk banditti, who lie in wait for unprotected caravans. With good
travelling, Kanou is only eight or ten days from Zinder, and Kashna four
or five. It is not easy to get the route here by hours, for the people
are ignorant of this way of reckoning the routes. By days, something may
be done.

The Moorish merchants resident here pretend that the territory of Zinder
contains no less than two thousand _belad_, or inhabited spots, towns,
villages, and hamlets, and some of these are large towns--as large, or
larger, than Zinder. Damagram is a populous place, more so than Zinder;
but the whole of the province of Zinder has this name, the people being
all Damagrama. The town of Damagram was once the capital of the
province. The large towns are:--

Damagram, one day and a-half south-east.
Dakusa, five hours south.
Termeni, three hours south.
Washa, two days and a-half west.
Goshi, two days east.
Bidmuni, one day east.
Andera, one day east.
Jegana, one day south.
Jermo, one day south.
Guria, one-half day west.
Meria, six hours south-east.
Konchai, one day and a-half west.
Gorgahn, one-half hour.
Mageria, two days south-west.
Fatram, two days south.
Dalladi, six hours north.

All these are towns, some larger than Zinder.

I expect to see the great drum brought here