Chai*. lvii. works of 'abd alla'hi and bello. 187 
whom the western portion of the conquered region was 
awarded as his share. But although this work, the title 
of which is " Tezen el aiirekat," contained, besides a 
great deal of theological matter, some important his- 
torical data, it did not satisfy my curiosity ; and I had 
been endeavouring in vain to obtain the work of Bello, 
entitled " Infak el misuri fi fat-hd el Tekriiri," which 
had been earnestly recommended to me by my friend 
the fdki e Abd el Kader in Katsena ; but I did not 
succeed in getting it into my hands till a few days 
before I left this place, when I found that the greater 
part of its contents, which had any geographical or 
historical importance, were identical with those docu- 
ments brought back by Captain Clapperton, on his 
first journey, and which have been partly translated 
by Mr. Salame, in the appendix to the account of 
those travels. 
Meanwhile the country became more unsafe ; and 
on the 5th of May the cattle of the village of Salame 
were driven off by the people of Cheberi, to the great 
loss of my friend 'Abd el K&der dan Taffa, who had 
considerable property there ; but strongly reminded 
of the effects of the rainy season, by a heavy shower 
which fell on the 6th, driving me out of my cool shed, 
I urged my departure, and in the afternoon of the 8th 
took leave of 'Aliyu with a cheerful spirit, it being 
evident to me, not only that he entertained not the 
slightest mistrust of my future proceedings, but on the 
contrary even took considerable interest in me, as he 
found that it was my earnest desire to become well 
