Leather, and skin ornaments, ivory armlets and finger rings, little fancy baskets, and many other trifles, complete the list, and serve to supply the deficiency of a camel’s load. Blue parrots are brought from Noofy, and sell at astonishing prices, some as high as twenty dollars. They are carried by the negresses, who soon teach them to speak. They are not found east of Noofy. A sweet cake, called Aaoud el Kagh (or cough wood) made of spice and honey, is another article of commerce. Occasionally they bring a few sheep and goats, as presents to the Sultan, or to the families of the traders; lions’ skins, and sometimes those of tiger cats.
To Egypt the Fezzan Merchants carry
Slaves, chiefly female.
Gold, procured from the interior.
Red pepper, native produce.
Trona, or soda, which is procured in the Wadey Shiati, and is chewed with tobacco.
Ostrich feathers.
Tiger cat and lions’ skins.
Majiggri, or long-tailed sheep of Soudan, which are bought in Egypt as high as thirty dollars each.
Parrots, procured from Soudan.