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rampart of earth, but at present greatly reduced, the 
inhabited quarter occupying only a very small pro- 
portion of the area thus inclosed. But a good many 
cattle were to be seen, and, lying just in the shade of 
the majestic monkey-bread trees which mark the place, 
afforded a cheerful sight. This was the residence of 
the Bornu officer A'dama, who had accompanied me 
from Borzari, and who the previous day had gone on 
in advance to pass the night here. But having once 
made it a rule to encamp in the open country, I 
preferred the large though leafless trunk of a kuka 
at a short distance from the eastern gate, to a cool 
shed inside the town ; and the heat was by no means 
oppressive, a cool wind blowing the whole day. 
We exchanged the domain of the mon- 
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key-bread tree for that of the dum palm, 
by giving to our course a north-westerly direc- 
tion towards Zurrikulo, the queen of the region of dum 
palms and the residence of the hospitable Kashella 
Said *, passing at some distance on our way a com- 
fortable and populous little place, surrounded with a 
stockade, and bearing the attractive name of Kechi- 
diiniya, " the sweetness of the world," where a little 
market was held, to which people were flocking from 
all sides, male and female, with sour milk, ground- 
nuts, grain, earthen pots, young cattle, and sheep. 
* His province comprises the following villages : — Chando, 
Giro, Ghasrmari, Kelleri, Gabchari, Bilaljawa, Nkibuda, Lawandi, 
Dalari, Keri zeman, Kabi, Grema Dalari. 
