[Footnote 26: The language of the common people of Bornoo, though different from, has a strong resemblance to that of the neighbouring Negros, and is very unlike the Arabic, in which, however, the Nobles and principal families converse. The art of writing is known among them, and they are taught to express the Bornoo tongue in the characters of the Arabic. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 27: The Sultan and his subjects are Musselmen. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 28: Bornoo is governed by a King, who takes the title of Sultan. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 29: The Sultan of Bornoo commands a vast army of horsemen, and is a much more powerful Monarch than the Emperor of Morrocco. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 30: At Bornoo I exchanged for gold dust and ostrich feathers the merchandize which I had brought from Tripoli. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 31: The Sultan of Bornou is continually at war with the various idolatrous tribes of Blacks who border on his dominions. Those who are taken prisoners are sold to the Arabs, and this traffic constitutes the principal commerce of the country. Slaves are every day brought to him, for the acquisition of this sort of plunder is his constant occupation. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 32: From the hemp of the country, a coarse linen is manufactured by the people of Bornoo. Their cotton, which is also a native produce, is spun to a thread of remarkable fineness, and is then converted to callicoes and muslins of about nine inches in breadth, and of a length which varies from fifteen to twenty yards. Such of these cotton manufactures as are enriched with the blue dye of the country, which, from the superiority of the indigo, is preferable to that of the East Indies, are valued more highly than silk; yet their only supply of the latter is that which the Merchants of Barbary convey. They also fabricate a species of carpet, as a covering for their horses. Tents, from wool and the hair of goats and of camels, are made for the use of the army. The little silver they have is converted by their own artists into rings. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 33: The dress of the people of Fullan (a country to the West of Cashna) resembles the cloth of which the plaids of the Scotch Highlanders are made. BEN ALLI.] [Footnote 34: The goods _imported_ by the Merchants of Fezzan, consist of Slaves—in which they have a great trade, Gold Dust, Ivory, Ostrich Feathers, Senna—which is brought from the neighbouring countries, European goods of various species, from Tripoli.