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well as the water, contributing its share ; for, besides 
the fish, we had roast hare and. elephant's flesh, which 
was very palatable, and much like pork. 
Three heavy strokes upon the drum, Tuesday 
at the dawn of day, set our motley host December 23rd. 
once more in motion. It was an c important day, 
and many of the principal people had exchanged 
their common dress for a more splendid attire. We 
entered the Musgu country, and at the same time 
came into contact with fragments of that nation, 
who, having spread from the far west over the 
one half of Africa, are restlessly pushing forward 
and overwhelming the pagan tribes in the interior. 
These are the Fulbe or Fellata, the most interest- 
ing of all African tribes, who, having been driven 
from Bornu, have here laid the foundation of a new 
empire. 
Twice on our march we were obliged to make a 
halt : the first time owing to the arrival of A'dishen, 
the Miisgu chief, with a troop of naked horsemen 
mounted on a breed of small, unseemly, but strong 
ponies, without saddles and bridles, and presenting 
altogether a most barbarous and savage spectacle. 
The second halt was caused by the appearance of a 
Piillo or Fellata chief, with two hundred horsemen of 
his nation, who, by their shirts and shawls, their sad- 
dles and bridles, certainly claimed a higher degree of 
civilization, but who, nevertheless, were far from ex- 
hibiting a grand appearance. This chief was an offi- 
cer of Khursu, the ruler of the town or principality 
