70 Barfur.

Cattle.

Goats.

Horse The cotton grown is excellent. Arabs manufacture from wool a coarse stuff, but the Fors are ignorant of .the process of turning this raw material to account.

The production of salt is also carried on. Camel breeding is the principal pursuit of the Arabs in the north and east of Darfur. North of 14° latitude the camels are very numerous ; those at M'Badr, the headquarters of the Homr Arabs, have been estimated at 30,000 head ; those at Millit belonging to the Zayadieh tribe, at upwards of 10,000 ; and a similar number at Saya. Further west, those of a tribe called Mahamid are countless.

The Arabs who breed camels occupy themselves with no other industry, and have even to buy the corn used in their households, which, with camel's milk, satisfies all their wants.

In the south, among the stationary inhabitants, cattle and sheep are to be found.

The cattle are of two kinds ; the humped species and the so-called African species, with long horns. The former are compact, well-made animals, and become very fat : the others are not worth much. The sheep have but little wool, but their flesh is good ; among the Zoghawa there is a species with long curly hair.

Goats abound everywhere. The Baggara Arabs confine themselves to breeding cattle.

Horse breeding is only carried on by the Mahamid tribe, while the Homr Arabs obtain theirs from Kordofan.

They are small in size but very strong, and are said to be able on an emergency to travel for 60 hours without water.

There is very little import trade, but ostrich feathers, ivory from the south, and damur cloth are yearly sent into Kordofan.

The ironwork of the Fors is good, and tanning is carried on to a small extent.

In Darfur the currency is curious. Forty small pieces of damur cloth about a foot long and 4 inches broad = one white cloth, two of which = one dollar, or 3s. 9d. to 4s. 2d. ; a small blue cloth is used to represent half a dollar.