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to his Bornu sovereign (which, from information I 
had received previously, I concluded to have been the 
case), but that occasionally he was obliged to make 
reprisals against the Shiiwa, who were making plun- 
dering expeditions into his territory. 
We have already noticed the peculiar situation of 
this Miisgu chief, separated from the interests of his 
countrymen, and opposed to them in a hostile manner. 
He has to defend his position against all the people 
around him, while his rear is very badly protected by 
his very friends the Bornu people, even the Shuwa 
Arabs, who are subjected to the former, infesting his 
territory. Only with his kinsmen, the people of 
Logon, he seemed to be at the time on friendly 
terms. 
We at length set out on our return to . 
o Monday, 
Kiikawa. We first returned to the ford of January rath, 
shallow water, and then continued through a fine 
grassy plain, passing one or two hamlets and a few 
fields of native corn. We then encamped, after a 
march of about ten miles. Already this day, in the 
distance towards the west, we had observed some 
small elevations ; but, proceeding at a slow rate, and 
making very short days' marches, we did not reach 
the district of Waza, which is distinguished by its 
rocky mounts, till the 22nd, when after a march of 
about fifteen miles we encamped between those two 
rocky eminences which form the most characteristic 
feature of this locality. 
It gave us extraordinary pleasure, after having tra- 
