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for the beauty of its scenery, although the former 
part of our march led through a well-cultivated and 
populous district ; and the heat reflected, during the 
middle of the day, from the bleak soil clad only 
with a scanty vegetation, was oppressive in the ex- 
treme, although it was the month of December. 
Thus I passed the walled town of Gremari* with- 
out feeling myself induced, by the herd of cattle 
just assembled near the wall, to make a halt, the 
ground here becoming excessively barren and hot. 
On reaching the town of Borzari, I preferred encamp- 
ing outside, although there was not the least shade ; 
my heavy luggage and my numerous party ren- 
dering quarters inside the town rather inconvenient. 
The governor, to whom I sent a small present, treated 
me very hospitably, sending me a heifer, a large pro- 
vision of rice, several dishes of prepared food, and two 
large bowls of milk. This excellent man, whose name 
is Kashella Manzo, besides the government of his pro- 
vince, had to regulate the whole intercourse along this 
road, being instructed at the time especially to pre- 
* I will here mention, as an instance how careful travellers, 
even those tolerably well acquainted with the languages of the 
country through which they travel, must be with regard to the 
names of places, that when first passing this town I asked a man 
its name, and, not having distinctly heard what he said, I asked 
another person who stood by ; and he said " mannawaji." Sup- 
posing at the time that this was the name of the place, I wrote it 
down, but soon convinced myself that it meant nothing but " he 
does not want to speak," or w refuses to answer/' and I then learnt 
on further inquiry that the real name of the town was Gremari. 
