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CHAP. XLVII. 
PROVINCE OF LOGON.— LOG&N" BIRNI. 
Ka'la is the first town of the territory of Logon 
or Logone, the boundary of which we had crossed a 
short time before. Having entered the town through 
an extremely narrow gate, which scarcely allowed my 
bare and slender she-camel to pass through, after 
having taken from her back the whole load, I was 
struck with the very different aspect it exhibited 
from the regions we had just left ; for while the 
dwellings testified to a certain degree of civilization, 
the inhabitants themselves seemed to approach nearer 
to the pagans than to the Mohammedans. We had 
scarcely entered the town when we were surrounded 
by a troop of boys and young lads from seven to 
twelve years of age, tall and well built, and in a 
state of entire nudity, a thing hardly ever seen in 
the country of Bornu, even with slaves. The type 
of their features, however, was very different from 
the general type observed in the Bornu people, and 
seemed to indicate more intelligence and cunning. I 
have already observed, in the country of Miisgu, how 
the state of the dwellings contrasts with the apparel, 
or rather the want of apparel, of the people them- 
selves; but here it seemed more remarkable, for the 
