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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. XLII. 
CHAP. XLII. 
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS AGAINST MANDARA. 
November 25th, ^ EN days ^ teY nav i n g returned to our 
1851 • head-quarters, from the wearisome journey 
to Kanem, I left Kiikawa again, in order to join a 
new warlike expedition. 
The sheikh and his vizier, with the chief part of 
the army, had set out already, the previous Saturday. 
The route had not yet been determined upon — 
it was, at least, not generally known; but Wan- 
dala or, as the Kaniiri call it, Mandara was men- 
tioned as the direct object of the march, in order 
to enforce obedience from the prince of that small 
country, who, protected by its mountains, had be- 
haved in a refractory manner. The chief motive of 
the enterprise, however, consisted in the circum- 
stance of the coffers and slave-rooms of the great 
men being empty; and, a new supply being wanted, 
from whence to obtain it was a question of minor 
importance. There was just then much talk about a 
final rupture between e Abd e' Rahman and the vizier, 
the former having intimate relations with the prince 
of Mandara ; and it was for that reason that Mr. 
Overweg had at first thought it better to remain 
behind. 
