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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXK. 
track. We then proceeded at an expeditious rate, in 
order to arrive at Aribinda before nightfall. A short 
distance before we reached our destination, the whole 
character of the country changed, granite mounds 
rising on our right and left to considerable altitude, 
and leaving only a narrow passage through which to 
proceed, — the beautifully sweeping slope of the emi- 
nence on our right being pleasantly adorned with 
bushes, and enlivened by goats. 
Having left another village at the foot of the gra- 
nite range, we took up our quarters in the lamorde 
or residence of the chief of Aribinda, which is likewise 
situated at the foot of the granitic ridge, part of the 
huts being built on the slope, and part in the plain, — 
the latter forming a group by itself, which, with its 
projecting and receding walls, formed a sort of de- 
fence, as represented in the accompanying woodcut. 
Here we obtained quarters without delay, two of my 
