_£._ _s._ _d._ The common price in Bornou of a cow or a bull is a mahaboob of Tripoli, or 0 6 0 A sheep, 0 3 0 An ostrich, 0 6 0 An antelope, 0 1 6 A camel from 6l. to 7l. 10s. or at a medium, 6 15 0 A horse from 3l. to 7l. 10s. or at a medium, 5 5 0 In general, the towns have no other defence than that which the courage of the inhabitants affords: but the capital is surrounded by a wall of fourteen feet in height, the foundations of which are from eight to ten feet deep, and which seems to be built with considerable strength. To this defence is given the additional security of a ditch, which encompasses the whole; and care is taken, that at sun-set the seven gates which form the communication with the country shall be shut.[24] The great population of Bornou is described by the indefinite and metaphorical expression of a countless multitude. In Fezzan the price of all things is measured by grains of gold; and where the value is too small to be easily paid in so costly a metal, the inhabitants have recourse to corn, as a common medium of exchange. But in Bornou, as in Europe, the aid of inferior metals is employed, and copper and brass (which seem to be melted together, and to be mixed with other materials) are formed into pieces of different weights, from an ounce to a pound, and constitute the current species of the empire.[25] Dominions so extensive as those of Bornou have seldom the advantage of one uniform language; but an instance of so many different tongues, within the limits of one empire, as are spoken in that kingdom, and its dependencies, has still less frequently occurred, for they are said to be more than thirty in number. Of the language, however, which is current in the capital, and which seems to be considered as the proper language[26] of Bornou, the following specimen is given by the Shereef. One is expressed by _Lakka_ Eight is expressed by _Tallóre_ Two _Endee_ Nine _L’ilkar_ Three _Nieskoo_ Ten _Meiko_ Four _Dekoo_ Eleven _Meiko Lakka_ Five _Okoo_ Twelve _Meiko Endee_ Six _Araskoo_ Thirteen _Meiko Nieskoo_ Seven _Huskoo_ Fourteen _Meiko Dekoo._ Two different _Religions_ divide the sentiments, without disturbing the peace of the kingdom. The ruling people profess the Mahometan faith;[27] and though the antient Paganism of the dependent nations does not appear to subject them to any inconvenience, a considerable part are converts to the doctrines of the Prophet.