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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
CHAP. XLIV. 
THE COUNTRY OF THE SHALLOW RIVERS. — WATER-PARTING 
BETWEEN THE RIVERS B^NUWe' AND SHARI. 
Friday, ^ T feugth we went onward to pursue our 
December 26th. m arch, turning considerably out of our 
road towards the east, in order to avoid the resi- 
dence of A'dish^n, and to prevent its being pillaged. 
The army, proceeding in several large detachments, 
presented an interesting aspect. Here also green 
crops of the winter corn, or " masakwd," were still 
standing in the fields. Further on we came to open 
pasture-grounds, and after a march of about ten miles 
we reached a village called Bogo, where we encamped. 
All the inhabitants had made their escape, although 
their chief, whose name is Bakshami, was an ally and 
friend of A'dishen. The cottages were well built, but 
there was a great scarcity of trees. Amongst the 
furniture was a fishing-basket, or, as the Kaniiri call 
it, " kayan and some of them were filled with dried 
paste of the red species of holcus, which however 
the people were afraid to touch, lest it might be 
poisoned. On a former expedition several people 
had been poisoned by a pot of honey which had 
been left behind, on purpose, by the natives in their 
