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quarter, and was enlivened by a number of women 
busily employed in fetching their supply of water. 
The market-place is formed of about thirty sheds 
or stalls ; and there is a good deal of weaving to be 
observed in the place, its whole appearance exhibit- 
ing signs of industry. I could not, however, obtain 
a sheep, or even as much as a fowl, so that our even- 
ing's repast was rather poor ; and a very cold easterly 
wind blowing direct into the door of my tent, which I 
had opened towards Mount Shedika in order to enjoy 
the pleasant prospect of the lakes and the plantation, 
rendered it still more cheerless. The whole of the in- 
habitants belong to the Hausa race ; and the governor 
himself is of that nation.^ He is in a certain degree 
dependent on the governor of Zinder, and not directly 
on the sheikh ; and he was treated in the most de- 
grading manner by my trooper, although the latter 
was a mere attendant of A'dama the governor of 
Donari. 
I made an interesting day's march to Friday, 
Mirriya, another locality of the province December 24th - 
Demagherim, greatly favoured by nature. The first 
part of our road was rather hilly, or even mountainous, 
a promontory of considerable elevation jutting out 
into the more open country from S.E., and forming 
in the whole district a well-marked boundary. The 
village Handara, which lies at the foot of a higher 
* The territory under his command comprises, besides Bada- 
muni, four villages, all situated towards the north, their names 
being as follows : — Jishwa, Koikam, Zermo, and Jigaw. 
