The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-07

;, norsemen, headed by Bsrca CAM s 49,
Inough unwiIlingly, by The Sal, 1en !"
= a W. "o" The poor Felatahs, however
appear TO have inveterate preiudicia
against becoming slaves, either ,hro
'ne!r ignorance of ancient Greek. q,
: ,heir knowledge of modern facts. Ger
tam II is, they gave their invaders sucb
reception, that Major Denham escam.
!, cd only at the greatest risk. and .r,a,
enduring the severest suffering.. whilst
ndrca Cana was despatched on the spot
WIN poisoned arrow, and lis exned;.
tion entirely defeated.
Inc SheIkh of Bornou afterwards
MADE hostile excursion against the
Peopie OF MuDgo, with $4,000 men.
he empire Of Felatab. lately con
quered by The Sheikh of Bornon. has
many deserted towns. Kano, his great
emporium en rs surrounded by mud wall
90 Ieei high. has Is gates, and about
~ or 40, 600 inhabitants, without in.
Guiding the traders who flock ,hi,bor
rom every part of Africa. 10 the inn.
heDse market, 10 this place, the travel.
leFs bought an English cotton umbrella
,9F me price OF three Spanish dollars
mere slavery is considered no ereat
'dfdShip by captives in war, at least
compared with death, as they marry
INTO their masters families. become
members OF them, and are employed in
nigh and confidential stations. Here
cancing snakes enter into the list of
'"Shlonaoie amusements, as also boxing.
wrestling and gouging, in which the
people might contest the palm of ciyili-
za'ion with England and America. The
manufactures lmpart fine glossy blue
10 their cotton cloths, while the women
| dye their feet, hair, arms and eve.
brows with indigo, and their lips and
teeth blood-red. The men alone are
permitted TO smoke tobacco. but the
women also are INDUCED in the Iuxurv
OF eating snuff, the laws as exponnde1
declaring nothing to the contrary.
Alter observing all these interesting
circumstances, Captain Clapperton pro.
ceeded westward, through pictur-
esque and highly cultivated country
Fortified towns and villages in romantic
/ situations -I4----.
scenery, were continually occurring !;
and he was met with troops and the
sound Of trumpets, as his B. NJ. Consul
at Sackafon, by Bello, the Sultan of all
the Felatahs.
The state pomp of this monarch had
departed, as well as his real authori-
ty: himself and his dominions having
been conquered, though not professedlv
governed, by the Sheikh IF Bornou
Bello wanted powder, rockets and field
pieces; spoke Of the war with AIgiers.
the Greeks, and the English conquests
in India. The desired articles have
since been shipped to the Blight of Be-
nin, whence the communication is omen.
Bello appears to be very intelligent
man. Although he never had seen news
papers, he inquired about them with
an expression of curiosity: and on h ar
ing that several thousands Of them were
printed daily, he made an exclamation
something like that IF a man 10 whom
Capt. Ciapperton exhibited his rifle,
) and who, on seeing the balls lit the
target twice at 60 yards, cried out
! Is the Lord preserve us from Devils %
, Sackatoo appeared 10 be the largest
, town Capt. Clapperton had seen in Af
RIGA, apd was calculated TO raise bis
ideas of the enterprise and prosperity
: of the country, for it was begun only 10
D 1905. In conformity with the practice
: of the travellers all along their route
f Capt ClapperIon observed the geo
e graphical position of this important cap
e ital: it is on river in 10 deg. a m. S.
S sec. N. lat. and long. deg. l2 M. East
n The chief object of export is civet; an,
n articles of English manufacture ioun,
J, there way up from the Blight of Benin
# along with other kinds of merchandise
Capt. Clapperton was not authorized t,
J. offer himself as a consul; but arrange
: ments were made for an agent fron
s Bello TO meet one from the King o
n England, TO devise measures also To-
Q Stopping the slave trade and this en-
/, terprising traveller has since sailed 70
a that purpose.
: The Reviewer says, ii appears tina
l. " the native black population of Borno
Is and Soudan is peaceable, kind-heari
d ed, well disposed, happy and contente
e race of men" The domestic slave
II are not treated with brutality or dc
= graded. Those who are taken mort
IT across the desert by the Moors, an
s., those who are carried to the coast fo
e European traders, suffer hardships u
most beyond human endurance.
i By celestial observations the pos
a. tions Of the great Kingdoms of Bornor
in Maudara and loussa, have been at Ia
D. found, as the longitude were fixed at a
1t most every degree from the Mediterr'
moan IN within ono or two huudrf