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from the back of the camel. The forest extended 
only to the border which is reached by the highest 
state of the inundation, when we emerged upon open 
country, and, leaving the town of Nghuriituwa (where 
Mr. Richardson died) at a short distance on our right, 
we encamped a few hundred yards to the south of 
the town of Alaiine, which I had also passed on my 
former journey. 
Here we entered that part of the province of 
Manga which is governed by Kashella Belal ; and the 
difference in the character of this tract from the pro- 
vince of Koyam, which we had just left behind, was 
remarkable, the country being undulated in downs of 
red sand, famous for the cultivation of ground-nuts 
and beans, both of which constitute a large propor- 
tion of the food of the inhabitants, so that millet and 
beans are generally sown on the same field, the latter 
ripening later and constituting the richest pasture 
for cattle and camels. Of grain, Negro millet (Pen- 
nisetum typho'ideum) is the species almost exclu- 
sively cultivated in the country of Manga, sorghum 
not being adapted for this dry ground. 
The same difference was to be observed in the 
architecture of the native dwellings, — the corn stacks 
which impart so decided a character of peace and re- 
pose to the villages of Hausa, but which are sought 
for in vain in the whole of Bornu Proper, here again 
making their appearance. The Manga call them 
"sebe" or "giisi." The cottages themselves, although 
they were not remarkable for their cleanliness, pre- 
