merchandise on the second of Safar of the same

year. Then we passed through the conntry of the

Gangiya, until we arrived on the seventh of the month at the land of the Jur, where Ali Amiiri had

a station called Ashur, named after the Sheikh of

the District. Now at this time there were in the

Bahr el Ghazal many merchants, besides Ali Amuri,

scattered thrc>ughout the country, each one with a

zeriba* to which he could fly for shelter and into

which he could put his goods. Those most in demand

were beads of all sorts and colours, cowries, and

tin. These are the ornaments for the men and

women, and these the inhabitants preferred to silver

and gold, exchanging them for ivory, rhinoceros

horns, ostrich feathers, rubber, iron, copper, and

other products of the country.

QUELLING OF A LOCAL REBELLION

IN 1857.

"I continued to live with my friend Ali Amuri

assisting him in his commerce. But there had

passed but a few months when the natives rose

against the merchants, envying them, their posses-

sions. At length, in the year 1857, they collected

from all directions and stormed the zeribas, killing

some of the merchants and carrying off their goods

as trophies. They also attacked the zeriba of Ali

* All enclosure surrounded with a thorn hedge.