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camels, horses, and cattle, which towards evening 
gathered round the well to be watered ; and the cha- 
racter of peace and repose which it exhibited induced 
me to make a sketch of it. 
Among the animals there were some excellent she- 
camels, which, as evening advanced, were crying and 
eagerly looking out for their young ones, that had 
been left in the surrounding villages. The inhabit- 
ants, who treated us hospitably, seemed to be tolerably 
well off; and the feasting in my little encampment 
continued almost the whole night long. 
With the greater eagerness we started Thursday, 
early in the morning, in order to reach the December 16th - 
capital of this little hilly country, which forms a very 
sharp wedge or triangle of considerable length, pro- 
jecting from the heart of Negroland towards the border 
of the desert, and exhibiting fixed settlements and a 
tolerably well-arranged government, in contrast to 
the turbulent districts of nomadic encampments. 
Our direction meanwhile remained the same as on the 
preceding day, being mostly a north-easterly one. 
The situation of this province, as laid down from my 
route upon the map, seems very remarkable ; but we 
must not forget that in ancient times, during the 
flourishing period of the empire of Bornu, the whole 
country between this advanced spur and Kanem 
formed populous provinces subjected to the same 
government, and that it is only since the middle of 
the last century that, the Berbers or Tawarek having 
politically separated entirely from the Kaiuiri, the 
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