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bernouses drawn up over their heads. Ten minutes at a 

 walliing pace brought us out of Kukawa, into country 



A KAMUKI CilRL 



similar to that already described on our road from 

 Maifoni ; only that now there was little of it to be seen 

 through the thick sand haze. Now and then on the way 

 we would meet a partA' of donkeys and their drivers, that 

 would loom up suddenly a hundred yards ahead, pass, and 

 disappear as suddenly in the mist of sand behind. 



We arrived at Kowa in time for mid-day " chop," and 

 were met on our entrance by the chief mallam. The king, 



