The _rains_, indeed, are less violent than those of Bornou. It exclusively furnishes the Bishnah, a species of Indian corn that differs from the gamphúly, in the blended colours of red and white which distinguish its grain. Its monkeys and parrots (animals but seldom seen in Bornou) are numerous, and of various species. The meridian of its capital is considered as a western limit, in that parallel of latitude, to the vegetation of grapes and the breed of camels; for between Cashna and the Atlantic few camels are bred, and no grapes will grow. The manners of the common people are less courteous in Cashna than in Bornou, and their games are less expressive of reflection; for their favourite play consists in tossing up four small sticks, and counting those that cross each other, as so many points of the number that constitutes the game. But the circumstances of chief discrimination between the empires are, those of language, currency, and certain articles of commerce. Of the difference between the _Languages_ of Bornou and of Cashna, the following specimen is given by the Shereef. In the Language of Bornou 1 _is expressed by_ Lakkah 2 Endee 3 Nieskoo 4 Dekoo 5 Okoo 6 Araskoo 7 Huskoo 8 Tallóre 9 L’ilkar 10 Meikoo 11 Meiko Lakkah 12 Meiko Endee 13 Meiko Nieskoo 14 Meikoo Dekoo In the Language of Cashna 1 _is expressed by_ Deiyah 2 Beeyou 3 Okoo 4 Foodoo 5 Beát 6 Sheedah 7 Bookai 8 Tàkoos 9 Tarráh 10 Goumah 11 Goumah sha Deiyah 12 Goumah sha Beeyou 13 Goumah sha Okoo 14 Goumah sha Foodoo The _Currency_ of Cashna, like that of the Negro States to the South of the Niger, is composed of those small shells that are known to Europeans and to the Blacks themselves by the name of Cowries, and to the Arabs by the appellation of Hueddah.—Cardie, which is another term for this species of Negro money, and the specific meaning of which the Shereef has neglected to explain, is said to be given to it by the idolatrous tribes alone; a circumstance that seems to indicate superstitious attachment.—Of these shells, 2,500 are estimated in Cashna as equal in value to a mitkal of Fezzan, which is worth about 675 piastres of Tripoli, or ten shillings and three half-pence sterling.