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both by himself and his sister, who sent me an 
excellent goose, which afforded a very pleasant 
change in my diet. He accompanied me the follow- 
ing morning to the boundary of his little territory. 
Our road lay through fine corn-fields, shaded by 
beautiful dorowa trees, along the border of this fer- 
tile valley, which was formerly surrounded on both 
sides by an uninterrupted line of large walled towns. 
But most of them are now deserted and destroyed, 
such as the towns of Kuka (which lies about three 
hours north-west) and Ambursa ; and both factions 
are continually harassing each other by predatory 
expeditions. In fact the state of the country is 
such, that the whole of the tribute which the pro- 
vince of Niipe has to pay to Gando is obliged to take 
the roundabout way through Zagha and Bunza, the 
latter of which is situated about eight miles south 
from Zogirma, on the river Gindi, which is said to be 
navigable as far as this place, and sometimes even as 
far as Jega. A considerable number of horses were 
grazing on the fine pasture-grounds at the border of 
the valley, under the protection of a couple of hamlets 
well defended by a stockade ; but the herbage was full 
of small venomous snakes, which repeatedly crossed 
our path in such numbers as I never saw before. 
When we reached the border of the territory of 
Jugguru, my companion returned to his residence. 
Leaving the walled town of Jugguru (surrounded 
by a good many monkey-bread trees) on the hills to 
our left, we reached, after a march of about five miles 
