In return for their exports, they receive the following goods:
Copper and Brass, which are brought to them from Tripoli, by the way of Fezzan, and which, as already mentioned, are used as the current species of Bornou;
Imperial Dollars, which are also brought to them from Tripoli by the Merchants of Fezzan, and are converted by their own artists into rings and bracelets for their women;
Red Woollen Caps, which are worn under the turban;
- Check Linens,
- Light coarse Woollen Cloths,
- Baize,
- Barakans,
- Small Turkey Carpets,
- Plain Mesurata Carpets.
CHAPTER VII.
Rout from Mourzouk to Cashna — Boundaries of the Empire — Its Language, Currency, and Trade.
Equally connected by their commerce with Cashna and Bornou, the Fezzanners dispatch to the former as well as to the latter, and always at the same season, an annual caravan. From Mourzouk, their capital, which they leave at the close of October, they take their course to the South South West, and proceed to the Province of Hiatts, the most barren, and the worst inhabited district of their country.