INTRODUCTIOX. VU cochineal and saffron; the returns were, fine Indian muslins** for turbans, raw silk, musk, and gebaliay a fine perfume that resembles black paste.

He made a great profit by his traffic at Timbuctoo and Housa ; but, lie says, money gained among the Negroes has not the blessing of God on it, but vanishes away without benefit to the owner; but, acquired in a journey to Mecca, proves fortunate, and becomes a permanent acquisition.

On his return with his father from Mecca, they settled at Tetuan, and often carried cattle, poultry, &c. to Gibraltar ; his father passed the last fifteen years of his life at Gibraltar, and died there about the year 1793. He was born at Mequinas ; his family is descended from the tribe of Shabban , which possesses the country The slippers are also manufactured from leather made from goat-skins, at Fas and at Mequinas. The cochineal is imported from Spain, although the opuntia, or the tree that nourishes the cochineal-fly, abounds in many of the provinces of West Barbary, particularly in the province of Suse. The saffron abounds in the Atlas mountains in Lower Suse, and is used in most articles of food by the Muhamedans.

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• Gehalia resembles frankincense, or Gum Benjamin, and is used for fumigations by the Africans.

*" Being idolaters.

8 Shaban is (probably) a tribe of the Howara Arabs, who possess the beautiful plains and fine country situated between the city of Terodant and the port of Santa Cruz. There is an emigration of the Mograffra Arabs, who are in possession of A 4