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rocky chain towards the north. After a march of 
about eight miles, we pitched our tents a little be- 
yond the site of a former encampment of the native 
traders, where the ground was tolerably free from 
trees ; and I enjoyed our resting-place extremely, for, 
having been exposed to the sun during the heat of 
the day, I felt greatly fatigued. 
We continued our march through the fo- Sunday, 
rest, which here had a very fresh appearance, July 3r<L 
and soon passed a cone on our right, on the offshoots 
of which, as would appear from the quantities of 
stones scattered about, a hamlet appears to have been 
situated in former times. Besides gneiss, large pieces 
of a fine species of marble were lying about in every 
direction. Kank grass, now and then adorned with 
blue Cruciferce, filled up the intervals between the dense 
growth of trees (but there were none of large size, 
and less of the bush called " tsada " than I had seen 
the previous day), besides a few isolated monkey- 
bread trees. I observed, also, that the people were 
here digging up the same root which I had noticed 
on my journey to A'damawa. The footprints of the 
elephant and the buffalo were very numerous ; and 
a little further on we fell in with a large herd of the 
latter species indulging in the luxuriant herbage of 
the pasture-grounds, which here grows without any 
use to man. 
Having then gone round a considerable pond of 
water in the midst of the forest, we entered upon 
more undulating ground adorned with larger trees, 
