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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LV. 
more open ; and after a march of four miles, we 
readied the shallow faddama of Gazawa, and, leaving 
the town at a short distance on our right, encamped a 
little to the south, not far from a fine old tamarind 
tree. 
I was enjoying the shade of this splendid tree, when 
my friend the serki-n-turawa, whom, on my first en- 
trance into the Hausa country, I introduced to the 
reader as a specimen of an African dandy, came up, 
on a splendid horse, to pay his compliments to me. 
The petty chief of Gazawa and his people had been 
much afraid, after they had received the news of my 
approach, that I might take another road, in order to 
avoid making them a present, which has the same 
value as the toll in a European country. He told 
me that they had already sent off several horsemen in 
order to see what direction I had pursued, and he ex- 
pressed his satisfaction that I had come to him of my 
own free will ; but, on the other hand, he did not fail 
to remind me that on my former passage through the 
country I had not given them anything on account 
of the powerful protection of Elafji, which I enjoyed 
at that time. This was very true ; and in consequence 
I had here to make presents to four different persons, 
although I only remained half a day: first, this little 
officious friend of mine ; then the governor of the 
town himself, together with his liege lord, the chief 
of Maradi ; and finally, Sadiku, the former Piillo 
governor of Katsena, who at present resided in this 
town. 
