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generally wore three rows of leaves both in front and behind, 

 and were by no means beautiful. In times of famine, we 

 were told they took their children to Bauchi to sell for food, 

 as do all the tribes about here. Luckily, though their 

 harvest had not been plentiful, there was no famine, as there 

 was further north. 



We camped in a small dell just below the top peak, from 

 which we had a splendid view of the back of the Murchison 

 range and other hills to the south-west. To the north we 

 caught sight of some mountains conveniently placed just in- 

 the direction in which we wanted to go, and to the north- 

 west lay a magnificent range with peaks 5500 ft. high. 

 These are, I believe, the highest mountains in West Africa, 

 with the exception of those in the Cameroons. Although 

 their height is not great when compared with those in other 

 parts of Africa, yet they have an impressive grandeur of 

 their own. Every tribe gave us a different name for this 

 range, and therefore, with the consent of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society and according to the wishes of his family, 

 I named them the Claud Mountains, after the brilliant and 

 gallant young officer in whose company it was my privilege 

 to spend the greater part of this, one of the most interesting 

 years of my life. 



On July 7 we left this mountain and marched into the 

 territory of the Seaua, a tribe very like the Angoss, though 

 the women here wear a number of bunches of twigs and 

 leaves, instead of the three rows worn by the latter. 



At Lusa, where we spent the first night, I had gone out 

 shooting for our supper and had only a shot-gun with me, 

 when I suddenly came across a lion, lioness, and two cubs, 



