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shape. The country then became gradually more 
open, scarcely a single tree being met with, and we 
obtained a distant view of Giire, situated at the 
southern foot and on the lower slope of a rocky 
eminence, when we began to descend considerably 
along the shelving ground of the expansive plain laid 
out in stubble-fields, with here and there a few trees, 
and intersected by several large and deep ravines. 
Having first inspected the site of the town, I chose 
my camping-ground in a small recess of the sandy 
downs which border the south side of a concavity or 
dell surrounding the town on this side, and laid out 
in small kitchen-gardens and cotton plantations as 
shown in the accompanying woodcut; for, notwith- 
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