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and Fulbe. A clay wall, which was to afford some 
protection to the town, had just been begun but left 
half finished. Numbers of corn-stacks inspired us 
with the hope that we might be able here to supply our- 
selves with corn ; but not a grain was to be obtained. 
There was therefore no staying in this place, although 
our heavily laden camels were rather fatigued after 
the forced march through the wilderness. 
At a tolerably early hour we were again Thursday, 
on the march through the fields, where the Juue 16th ' 
fresh crops were just shooting up ; but a little further 
on they had attained already to a greater height, 
and were just being cleared of weeds. Cattle also 
were not entirely wanting, and gave sufficient proof 
that, under a strong government, there were elements 
enough for the welfare of the people. The ground 
here is broken by several cavities or hollows, where 
ponds are formed, which of course vary in size ac- 
cording to the season. Some of them, although of 
considerable circumference, contained salt water of 
a blackish colour. Thus, having passed a fresh 
swampy depression, where diim and deleb palms also 
were not unfrequent, we reached, after a march of 
about seven miles, a farming village called Lanadeji, 
where the peculiar structure of the corn-stacks at- 
tracted my attention ; but, although built of clay, they 
are not pretty, and neither similar to the nobler style 
of those which we have found in the Miisgu country, 
nor to those which we are to meet with further on, in 
the country of Masina. The whole cultivation consists 
