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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LXIII. 
camped about a mile from their former resting-place, or 
" amazagh," close beyond an extensive meadow-water 
which caused the young herbage to spring up all 
around, and full of holes, thus creating frequent 
delay. 
Continuing, then, our journey alone, and ascending 
higher ground, where a little cultivation was being 
carried on by the slaves of the nomadic tribe which 
at present have taken possession of these grounds, 
and passing another encampment, we reached, after a 
march of about eight miles, the camp where we were 
to make another halt. It was situated in an open tract 
of ground called Imeggelele, adorned only by a few 
stunted talha trees, while at some distance to the 
south a flat vale spread out, clothed with a greater 
profusion of vegetation, and affording rich pasture to 
numerous flocks of sheep and goats. The whole tract 
forms a sort of irregular valley, bordered towards the 
north by a hilly chain of slight elevation, and towards 
the west by a cluster of flat-topped cones. 
The camp was governed by three different chiefs, 
called Sitina, Jdwi, and Ferefere, — the latter being 
