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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXII. 
obliged to stay here the next day in order to pur- 
chase a supply of corn, which I effected with the 
farrawel I had obtained in Libtako, consisting of 
eight pieces called "koria," or "farda," sewn together. 
All the grain hereabouts consists of Negro millet, or, 
as the Songhay call it, " heni." The governor of 
the place, who had treated me inhospitably the first 
evening, on being remonstrated with for his miserly 
conduct, gave me very generous treatment. 
Saturday, On leaving the place, I was exceedingly 
July 30th. struck with its castlelike appearance, as well 
as with the fine crops of corn which surrounded it on 
all sides, while a rich growth of trees embellished the 
district to the south. It was a fine morning, and, a 
heavy dew having fallen, the drops of wet slipping 
down from the corn glistened in the rays of the 
morning sun, while the monkey-bread trees being 
just in full blossom, the white bell-like flowers hanging 
down from the colossal branches gave a remarkable 
relief to the scenery. It was through such a country 
that our path kept along, on a rising ground, when, 
after a march of about fourteen miles, and leaving 
a couple of hamlets built of matting, like the dwellings 
of the inhabitants of G6g6, on one side, we reached 
the Songhay town of Tinge, built likewise in the shape 
of a " kasr," and situated on the summit of a small 
hill. 
The houses in this village have not an elevated 
towerlike shape like those of Filiyo, nor do they 
contain an upper story. They have flat roofs. The 
