Honey. Yellow and white, and very good.
Goor, Kolla, or Gooroo nuts. They are brought fresh inclosed in a particular leaf, which retains its moisture for several days; if occasionally dipped in water, the nut will remain fresh for months. The taste is an agreeable bitter; and water drank after chewing a piece of one appears quite sweet, resembling the flavour of an artichoke. In Morzouk this luxury sells at the rate of four nuts for a dollar. They are about the size of a walnut, and shaped like a large bean. It is said, that in certain years when the nut has been scarce, people in Soudan have given a slave for one of them. They are the produce of Dagomba, Ashantee, and several countries west of Tembuctoo: I conceive they may be the Kolla nut of Park. When in a dry state, much of their bitterness ceases, and they resemble a dry chesnut; they are then less valuable, and are called Kowda. These dainties are offered to visitors as coffee is on the coast of Barbary: many people call them the negro’s coffee.
Pepper. Red, of two kinds; and three or four sorts of black, one of which resembles the pod of a vetch or tare.
Tammerat el filfil. A large pod, in shape resembling a walnut, and containing many small seeds of a very pungent taste, equal to Cayenne pepper.
Zoogoo. A kind of cotton cloth of great strength and thickness.
Elephants’ teeth. Not often brought.
Leather jars. For containing oil, butter, or grease of any description. Honey is also brought in them: they are called Butta.
Leather bags. Capable of containing about a sack of corn; made of the hide of the black buffalo.
Bowls, called Kaffala, highly carved and ornamented, made of gourds; others are of wood; and wooden spoons.
Mortars, called Karroo, made of any hard wood, and used for pounding corn.