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to have broken the long spell of good health which I had 

 maintained ever since recovering from my attack of black- 

 water over a year ago. 



Gosling at this time was in excellent condition, very sun- 



A BAGHIBMI WOMAN 



burnt, and with not an ounce of waste flesh upon his hard 

 muscles. 



Lafana is a Baghirmi town with an Arab settlement ; 

 it is ruled by a Sultana, the only instance of a woman chief 

 I have met with in Africa. She seemed a capable woman and 

 had her people well under control. 



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