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viting, and, feeling already tired, sick and weak as 
I was, though after a journey of only two hours, I 
determined to remain there during the heat of the 
day. I had scarcely stretched myself on the ground, 
when a man brought me word that a messenger, sent 
by Ghet, the chief of the Welad Sliman, had passed 
by with the news that this wandering and maraud- 
ing tribe had left Biirgu and returned to Kanem. 
This was very unpleasant news, as, from all that I 
had heard, it appeared to me that Biirgu must be 
an interesting country, at least as much so as A'sben 
or Air, being favoured by deep valleys and ravines, 
and living sources of fine water, and producing, be- 
sides great quantities of excellent dates, even grapes 
and figs, at least in some favoured spots. 
The morning had been rather dull, but before noon 
the sun shone forth, and our situation on the sloping 
ground of the high country, overlooking a great ex- 
tent of land in the rich dress of vegetable life, was 
very pleasant. There was scarcely a bare spot : all 
was green, except that the ears of the millet and sor- 
ghum were almost ripe, and began to assume a yel- 
lowish-brown tint ; but how different is the height of 
the stalks, the very largest of which scarcely exceeds 
fifteen feet, from those I saw afterwards on my re- 
turn from Timbuktu, in the rich valleys of Kebbi. 
Several Kanembu were passing by and enlivened the 
scenery. 
When the heat of the sun began to abate I set my 
little caravan once more in motion, and passed on 
