154 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
across in my boat or on rafts, opposite our camp. The 
Adones turned in and helped us well, so that before noon 
we were all across and camped on the western shore. 
On this side there were but few people, as the country 
was wild and bushy, with long stretches of dense forest, 
the trees being principally dhum palms, sycamores, cedars, 
and a tall tree resembling the poplar. The Dagodi 
about the river much preferred marbur to the American 
NATIVES OF BUNTAL (SITTING). 
SOME OF THE AUTHOR’S ESCORT (STANDING). 
sheeting, as they had been accustomed to getting this 
cloth from traders coming from Merka and Modisha, two 
Italian ports on the Gulf of Aden, to the east of the mouth 
of the Jub. They were provided with long heavy spears, 
with broad large blades, which were also imported by 
traders, and appeared to have been made in Birmingham. 
The only ornaments they wore were single rows of large 
white beads suspended around their necks, and con- 
sequently we could barter with them only in cloth. 
