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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chai>. XXXIX. 
the chiefs. We accordingly put our steeds into a 
gallop, and riding straight up to our new friends, 
saluted them with our pistols. Having answered 
our compliments, and bidding us welcome to their 
wild abode, the young Ghet galloping along at the 
head of his squadrons, his sword drawn, and with the 
continuous cry " ya riyab, ya riyab," they led us to 
the encampment, and we had a place shown to us 
where we might pitch our tents. 
