Butter is brought in goat-skins from the Syrtis, and is very dear.

Tobacco is very generally chewed by the women, as well as by the men.

They use it with the _trona_ (soda).

Smoking is the amusement of a great man, rather than of the lower class, the mild tobacco being very dear, and pipes not easily procured.
The revenues of the sultan of Fezzan arise from slaves, merchandise, and dates.

For every slave, great or small, he receives, on their entering his kingdom, two Spanish dollars; in some years the number of slaves amount to 4,000; for a camel's load of oil or butter, seven dollars; for a load of beads, copper, or hardware, four dollars; and of clothing, three dollars.