Chap. XXXIX. CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY. 35 
lity ; I was so fatigued with my morning's ride, that 
I thought with apprehension on what would become 
of me after my companions had joined me, when I 
should be obliged to bear fatigue of a quite difnerent 
description. 
As soon as I felt strong enough to rise from my 
couch, I walked a few paces in order to get a sight of the 
river or " komadugu." It was at present a fine sheet 
of water, the bed being entirely full, " tsimbullena," and 
the stream running towards the Tsad with a strong 
current ; indeed, I then scarcely suspected that on 
another occasion I should encamp for several days 
in the dry bed of this river, which, notwithstanding the 
clear and undoubted statements of the members of the 
former expedition with regard to its real character, 
had been made by Capt. W. Allen to carry the su- 
perfluous waters of the Tsad into the Kwara. The 
shores of the komadugu near this place are quite 
picturesque, being bordered by splendid tamarind- 
trees, and "kinzim," or dum-palms, besides fine 
specimens of the acacia tribe on the northern shore. 
At the foot of the tamarind-trees a very good kind 
of cotton is grown, while lower down, just at this 
season of the year, wheat is produced by irrigating 
regularly laid-out grounds by way of the shadiif or 
" lambuna." Cotton and small quantities of wheat 
are the only produce of this region, besides fish and 
thefruit of the Cucifera or dum-palm, which forms an 
essential condiment for the 14 kunu," a kind of soup 
made of Negro millet ; for the place is entirely desti? 
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