272 
TEAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LX. 
where, besides the monkey-bread tree, the dorowa was 
predominant ; and a little beyond an eminence, at the 
foot of which the village of Bundore had been situ- 
ated in former times, we reached the modern village 
of that name, which is surrounded with a stockade. 
A dyeing-place, containing from eight to ten pits, be- 
sides a large basin for making up the mixture, pre- 
sented some signs of industry and civilisation ; at a 
short distance from our quarters, also, a blacksmith 
was living. This village belongs to the territory of 
Yagha, and the huts presented a peculiar style of 
architecture, being built almost entirely of stalks and 
matting. The latter, which constitutes the walls, is 
plastered with clay, and reaches an altitude of nine 
feet. The roof is not formed of slender boughs and 
branches, but of large poles. 
Not being able to obtain any corn that evening, I 
was obliged to stay here the following day. No mil- 
let is cultivated in this place, all the corn consisting 
of sorghum. The people would not take anything 
but shells, and refused cotton strips. Sixty of the 
former bought a full measure of a common drinking- 
bowl, or "gerra," of corn; and for 1500 shells we 
procured a lean sheep. 
Tuesday, The country which we traversed on leaving 
July 5th. Bundo^ was we n adorned with trees, espe- 
cially the tamarind, and bore evident signs of exten- 
sive cultivation, even indigo and cotton being ob- 
served by the side of a pond ; but the forest soon 
became so dense, that our progress was very diffi- 
