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from which the name has been derived. The ears, more- 
over, are ornamented with a black stripe. A great 
many curious stories are related by the people with 
regard to the ferocity of this animal, and from what 
we ourselves had an opportunity of observing, it 
seems to be a marvellous little creature : for, though 
still very young and small, it was nevertheless ex- 
tremely fierce, and was quite master of the young 
lion. Both animals were fed with boiled milk, of 
which they were very fond ; but the continual swing- 
ing motion which they had to endure on the back of 
the camels in the heat of the day, caused their death 
very soon. 
The crowding and thronging was ex- Sunday 
cessive when we started in order to pur- December 21st. 
sue our march. The wilderness at first was tolerably 
clear, being at times evidently a place of resort for 
numerous herds of elephants, as the quantity of 
dung, and the uninterrupted tracks of deep footprints, 
which gave to the soil the appearance of a colossal 
chessboard, amply testified. After a march of about 
six miles the wilderness became more thickly over- 
grown, and presented a fine forest scenery ; but, as is 
generally the case on such warlike expeditions, there 
is no leisure to pay attention to special phenomena, 
especially as the Bornu horses are in general very 
wild and vicious, and in the throng everybody was 
continually liable to come into collision with his neigh- 
bour's horse, which, perchance, might be a furious 
kicker. 
