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Chap. LVI. 
it largely cultivated near the town of Katsena, while 
yams, as I have already had repeatedly occasion to 
mention, are not raised at all in Central Negroland. 
Numerous herds of cattle were seen dotting the 
landscape, and contributed largely to the interest of 
the scenery. But the district of Maje especially, 
which we traversed after a march of about seven 
miles, impressed me with the highest opinion of the 
fertility and beauty of this country. Here, also, we 
met a troop of Itisan with their camels. 
Having then proceeded for about two miles through 
a more open and well-cultivated country with ex- 
tensive cotton-grounds, large plantations of indigo, 
and wide fields planted with sweet potatoes, or dan- 
kali, we reached the village called Kulkada, where 
the governor of Katsena had taken up his quarters ; 
but, leaving this outlaw at a respectful distance, we 
followed in the track of the ghaladima, who had been 
obliged to seek for quarters in a small Tawarek ham- 
let at the distance of a mile and a half towards the 
south-east, — a remarkable resting-place for a party 
proceeding to the westward. The heat was very 
great ; and the dorowa trees, with their scanty acacia- 
like foliage, which, besides a few gonda trees (Carica 
Papaya) and a solitary ngabbore, were the only mem- 
bers of the vegetable kingdom here seen, afforded but 
insufficient shade, the dryness of the country being 
the more felt, as the supply of w r ater was rather 
limited. 
I was hospitably treated in the evening, not only 
