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An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa

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The province of Ait Atter, or the Atterites, in Lower Suse, is considered as an independent province, and it pays no tribute. They have a great dislike to kadis 198, talbs, and attornies, alleging that they only increase disputes between man and man, which is not at all necessary; all disputes are, therefore, decided by the sheik, who is not a logical wrangler, but decides according to the simplest manner. The following decree of their sheik is on record:--

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