Of the native produce of Fezzan the only article which is brought as merchandize to Bornou is a preparation of pounded dates, and of the meal of Indian corn, highly dried in an oven. It is called Tickera, and is valued, especially by Travellers, as a portable and highly salubrious food.

In return for the goods which they bring to Bornou the Merchants take back with them,

The exports from Fezzan to Cashna and its dependent States, consist of the following articles:

Cowries—a sea shell (in Arabic, called Hueddah) which constitutes the circulating specie of this empire, and of the Negro kingdoms, and which the Merchants procure from the Southern nations who border on the coast; 17,062 are considered in Cashna as equivalent to an English ounce (480 grains) of gold:

Brass—from which the Smiths of the country manufacture rings and bracelets for their women:

Gooroo Nuts—which are brought from the Negro Countries on the South of the Niger.