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a deep and wide ravine, which made the access to 
it very difficult. Here we were rather inhospitably 
received, — the former mayor having been deposed, 
and a new one not yet installed in his place. 
Early in the morning we pursued our Monday) 
journey, through a rather hilly country Ma y 16th - 
broken by several small watercourses, full of culti- 
vated ground and fine timber, principally monkey- 
bread trees, which now exhibited a more cheerful 
appearance, as they were clad in fresh foliage. We 
passed several villages, where we again observed some 
signs of industry in the shape of dyeing, and, about six 
miles and a half from Shagali, left the considerable 
place Senina (the same town which a few days before 
had been attacked by the enemy) on our left, situated 
on a small hilly chain. Here we entered a tract of 
country at present desolate, and thickly covered with 
underwood, and greatly infested by the independent 
inhabitants of Kebbi ; but it was only of small extent, 
and, about four miles beyond Senina, we entered, by 
a steep rocky descent, the fine valley of Sala, which 
is intersected bv a considerable sheet of water. 
We took up our quarters in the walled town of 
Sala, the dwellings of which were almost lost in the 
most splendid vegetation, among which one of the 
finest tamarind trees I have ever seen was greatly 
distinguished, attracting to its dense foliage countless 
flights of birds, which were gathering from all sides 
to pass the night here in cheerful communion. The 
wider-spreading foliage of the tamarind and monkey- 
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