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CHAP. Il. 
From Tcherkin to Hor-Cacamoot, in Ras el Feel—Account of it—Tranf- 
attions there. 
MN the 15th of January, at a quarter paft eight in the 
morning, we left Tcherkin, and entered immediately 
into thick woods; but proceeded very flowly, the road 
being bad and unknown, if it could be called a road, and 
our camels overloaded. About an hour afterwards we pafied 
_a fmall village of elephant hunters on our right, and our 
courfe was ftraight north, through dark thick woods, over- 
grown with long grafs, till at half an hour pat ten we 
came to another {mall village clofe on our right. We then 
turned N. W. and continued in that direction, pafling feve- 
ral villages, all of elephant hunters, and moftly Mahome- * 
tans. At three quarters after twelve we came toa {mall 
river which runs W.N. W. and falls into the Germa; here, 
Vou. IV. Rr. HONG 
