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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. LIV. 
I here changed my course in order to join my 
people, who had gone on straight to Badamiini. 
The country at first was agreeably diversified and 
undulating, the irregular vales being adorned with 
dum palms and fig trees ; and cultivation was seen to 
a great extent, belonging to villages of the territory 
of Gushi*, which we left on one side. Presently 
the country became more open, and suddenly I saw 
before me a small blue lake, bounded towards the 
east by an eminence of considerable altitude, and 
towards the north by a rising ground, on the slope 
of which a place of considerable extent was stretch- 
ing out. 
Coming from the monotonous country of Bornu, 
the interest of this locality was greatly enhanced : and 
the nearer I approached, the more peculiar did its 
features appear to me ; for I now discovered that the 
lake, or rather the two lakes, w T ere girt all round 
by the freshest border of such a variety of vegeta- 
tion as is rarely seen in this region of Negroland. 
We had some difficulty in joining our camels and 
people, who had pursued the direct road from Keleno; 
for, having appointed as the spot where we were to 
meet, the north-eastern corner of the town of Gada- 
buni, or Badamiini, towards the lake, we found that it 
would be extremely difficult for them to get there, and 
* This territory comprises the following villages : — Farilkaia, 
Gorebi, Matarawa, Tsamaiku, Kachebare, Yaka, and Bada. The 
greater part of the inhabitants already belong to the Hausa race, 
or, as the Kanuri say, " A'funu," 
