Note 410 — VII

[They, however, maintained more or less friendly relations with the sovereign of Bornu. The principal Budduma chiefs used to go every two or three years to pay him a visit of courtesy, and brought him presents which were evidence of goodwill rather than tribute, consisting of a few cows and a little butter. In return they received embroidered gowns. Shehu Ashimi offered Kachella Koremi, chief of the Gurias, authority over all the west bank of Chad, if he would stop the Budduma raids on the Kanuris of the mainland. The Kachella accepted the country lying south of Kauwa and Ngornu, but in the following year Bornu was invaded by Rabeh, vid. Tilho, Doc. sc., ii. 332 and 318.]