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them well with some good cloth which I showed himJ This 

 gave him much satisfaction, and the compact was sealed and 



A BUDT7MA OF THE KOWA-BAQA 



afterwards all the drovers came up and shook hands with me. 

 I felt Uke Fortune's own peculiar darling and that night was 

 a happy one in the camp. Extra food was served out and 

 big fires Ut, round which sat Hausas and Kanembus hob- 

 nobbing with merry talk and laughter. 



The next morning we bade farewell to Kaddai for ever 

 and arrived at the camp of the boats without mishap in the 



