Note (return) — PLAN
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An advantageous spot might be fixed upon on the western coast, in an independent district, where our alliance would be courted, from which the Kafila 177 or Akkaba would have to pass through only one tribe with perfect safety, and subject to no impost whatever; neither would they be subject to any duty on entering the town of Timbuctoo, as they would enter at the Beb Sahara, or gate of the Desert, which exempts them from duty or impost.