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us. There had also arrived a troop of about 100 
fataki with asses laden entirely with the famous do- 
do wa cakes ; but they also remained behind. 
The governor himself, however, escorted us for a 
mile or two, to a large koramma called Mejidi, which 
no doubt forms one of the branches of the ko- 
ramma of Biinka, and contains several wells, where 
we watered our horses and tilled our water-skins for 
a night's march. Fine cotton-grounds and fields of 
onions fringed the border of the valley. 
As soon as we left this winding watercourse, we 
entered a dense forest only occasionally broken by 
open spots covered with reed grass, and we pursued 
our march without interruption the whole night, 
with the exception of a short halt just in the dusk 
of the evening. I had taken the lead from the be- 
ginning ; and the ghaladhna, who was fully sensible of 
the great advantage of my firearms, sent messenger 
after messenger to me till he brought me to a stand, 
and thus managed to get all his slaves and camels in 
advance, so that I could only proceed very slowly. 
After a march of little more than twelve miles from 
the koramma, we entered a fertile and picturesque 
sort of vale, inclosed towards the north and south by 
rocky cliffs, and intersected by a narrow strip of 
succulent herbage, where water is apparently to be 
found at a little depth. This is the site of the town 
of Momya, which had likewise been destroyed by the 
Goberawa three years previously. Their army had 
even encamped here the previous day; and when our 
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