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TRAVELS JN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXII. 
had erected a small chapel, or rather a place for pagan 
worship, which presented a very peculiar appear- 
ance. Here we entered a sort of broad defile, formed 
between this castellated mound and another cone 
towards the west, which, although of considerable 
elevation, was not so rugged, and exhibited a less 
picturesque appearance. 
Greatly fatigued by our long march, especially as a 
cool breeze in the morning was followed by an oppres- 
sive heat in the noonday hours, we reached, at about 
five o'clock in the afternoon, the Fiilbe village of 
Bone, situated at the foot of the eastern mound ; but 
although I had sent two of my people in advance, we 
were unable to obtain quarters, and after some un- 
availing dispute we were obliged to encamp outside 
in the open grassy vale between the two mountains ; 
for the inhabitants of this village, who are exclusively 
Fulbe, do not like strangers to enter their dwellings, 
at least not for a night's quarters. They however 
treated us in the evening with a good supply of 
milk, while they also informed us that a large en- 
campment of that section of the Tawarek which is 
called Iregenaten was at a few miles' distance. El 
Walati supposed, or rather pretended to suppose, 
that they were the clan of a powerful chief of the 
name of Sornki, and assured me that it would be 
necessary to make this chief a handsome present, in 
order that under his protection we might proceed 
safely from camp to camp till we reached the banks 
of the Niger ; for although we might have travelled 
