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sumes the dimensions of an immense lake, and even 
now was covered with fine fresh turf, we met a 
large caravan of Mosi traders from Biissumo, their 
asses heavily laden with immense bundles of tari, or 
cotton strips, and with Kola nuts. Further on, 
where a little cultivation of cotton appeared, the 
monkey-bread or baobab tree became predominant. 
Altogether the whole province seemed to be in a 
miserable state ; and the village Danande, which we 
passed after a march of about seven miles, bore 
evident traces of having suffered from the effects of 
war. The monotony of the country was pleasingly 
broken by a small rivulet, which we crossed a few 
yards beyond the village, and which was bordered 
by some very fine trees of the " mur " kind, which 
I have mentioned on a former occasion as affording 
excellent timber for boat-building. The baobab trees, 
also, were here greatly distinguished, both by their 
size and their fine foliage. 
We took up our quarters this day in Wulu, a 
village situated beyond a large sheet of water, or, 
as it is here called, " wendu," overgrown by the 
finest trees. The place is inhabited by Tawarek 
slaves, who are trilingues, speaking Temashight as 
well as Songhay and Fulfulde ; but their huts were 
very miserable indeed, and of mosquitoes there 
was no end, and we had likewise great difficulty 
in finding a supply of corn. The hut in which I 
took up my quarters had been recently built, and 
on the whole was not so bad, but so choke -full of 
