_Goor_, _Kolla_, 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 Kolla 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._ Red, of two kinds; and three or four sorts of black, one of which resembles the pod of a vetch or tare. _Tammerat el filfil._ 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._ Not often brought. _Leather jars._ For containing oil, butter, or grease of 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. _Parrots_, procured from Soudan. _Dates_, which they obtain at Siwah, half-way on the road to Alexandria. _Leather_ of Soudan. _Dark blue Soudan cloths_ in pieces, &c. &c.