Chap. LIII. 
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vent the exportation of horses from the B6rnu terri- 
tory into the Hausa states. 
The town, which is surrounded with a low crenel- 
lated wall and a ditch in good repair, is of consider- 
able size and well built, and may contain from 7000 
to 8000 inhabitants ; but there is no great industry 
to be seen, nor is there a good market. The wells 
measure ten fathoms in depth. 
Our direct road from this point would have led 
straight to Zurrikulo ; but an officer of the name 
of A'dama, who was to accompany me to Zlnder, 
having joined me, I was induced to take a more south- 
erly road, by way of Donari, which constituted his 
estate ; and I was very glad afterwards that I did so, 
as this road made me acquainted with the peculiar 
character of the territory of Bedde, which I should 
not otherwise have touched at. 
The first part of our march led through Tuesday, 
a more dreary tract of country, which was December 7th * 
neither very picturesque nor exhibited any great signs 
of industry among the natives ; but after a stretch 
of a little more than eleven miles, large, wide-spread- 
ing tamarind trees announced a more fertile district, 
and a few hundred yards further on we reached the 
border of one of the great swampy creeks connected 
with the south-western branch of the komadugu, and 
intersecting the territory of Bedde, which we had now 
entered. We kept close along its border, which was 
adorned by fine, luxuriant trees, till we encamped at 
a short distance from Daddeger, a place inhabited by 
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