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fences. The roofs of the cottages were thatched with 
great care, and at least as well as in any house or 
village in Bornu, and far superior to the thatching of 
the Shiiwa. The roofs even exhibited traces of va- 
rious styles, and perhaps a certain gradation in the 
scale of society. 
Almost every courtyard enclosed a shed, besides 
the huts, and one granary built of clay J^S!^ 
and from twelve to fifteen feet high, 
with an arched roof, likewise of clay, . 'WL 
there being an opening at the top, k^^S 
which was protected by a small cover T 
of thatching, as the accompanying '^'Wm 
woodcut shows. The way in which ; M# 
the natives had stored up their supply - Ir—- 
of hay for the dry season was very remarkable, the 
rank grass being woven into festoons of about fifteen 
feet in length, and hung up in the korna-trees which 
adorned the fields. 
Having roved about at my leisure, I pursued my 
march, and, emerging from the corn-fields, entered 
upon open meadow-grounds, partly under water, 
which spread out to a considerable extent, and which, 
with their fresh green turf, formed a beautiful contrast 
to the tall yellow crops which I had just left behind. 
Ascending a little, we kept straight towards a group 
of splendid trees which adorned the fields in front of 
another village. The village was called K6rom, and 
belonged to a chief under the authority of A'dishen, 
while Kade, the residence of the latter, was only at a 
