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to the last named town — was as usual extremely accurate, 

 and of the greatest service in filling up the map. 



The Denaua are mostly pagan, but, as this tribe hes on 

 one of the main trade-routes in the dominion of Bauchi, it 

 is a more or less civilised one. 



After a day's stay we went on to a hill in the distance 

 from which we hoped to get a view of Mount Buh. As we 

 drew near, it looked exactly like a colossal lion crouched for 

 a spring. We arrived at its foot and pitched our tents. 

 Alexander looked worn out and was persuaded to lie down, 

 while I climbed up to reconnoitre. After two hours of 

 acrobatic feats, the highest peak was reached, and to my 

 delight, over the intervening hills, the unmistakable summit 

 of Mount Buli was to be seen fifty miles off. Like all the other 

 mountains which we climbed, the scenery on the top was 

 very fine, and traces of former habitation were to be found. 

 A somewhat unusual feature here, however, was a series of 

 charming little ponds and near by deep, dark crevices and 

 caverns in the rock. These, I was told, were the abode of 

 leopards, which also abounded on the next hill. 



Next morning we moved our camp to the top, by a short 

 and easy way on which I had stumbled in descending the 

 hill. 



On August 3 Alexander had to take on most of the men 

 and go again in search of food, which had by now run short. 

 We arranged to meet if possible at a hill we saw in the dis- 

 tance, about forty miles off, which was to be our next objec- 

 tive. As usual, angles were taken to every hill in sight, of 

 which there were not very many, but it was impossible to 

 identify any of them for certain, on arriving at the next peak. 



