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from Bornu ; so that, notwithstanding the good sup- 
ply of the market, I might have remained unprovided. 
I however succeeded in buying a few farda for some 
needles, paying four needles for each farda. I bought 
also a little butter for some beads. 
The whole of this district is very scantily supplied 
with water ; and the well in Matuwan, which is only 
two fathoms and a half deep, contained very little. 
The wells in Bugari were three fathoms deep, but were 
no better supplied. Of course, by digging to a greater 
depth, and constructing the wells in a proper way, 
the people might secure a sufficient supply ; but they 
prefer walking every day to a far distant village for a 
little water rather than employ a few weeks indus- 
triously in making a durable well. 
After a cordial parting from the male and female 
inhabitants of the village, we started about three 
o'clock in the afternoon ; and with the exception 
of a short halt, about sunset, in a small hamlet called 
" Biiru-nyigo," or " hysenas' den," we continued our 
march without interruption till past eleven o'clock at 
night. The village just mentioned lies at the border 
of the wilderness ; and here we had not only to water 
our horses and to lay in a supply of water for our- 
selves, but I had also to give medicine to some people 
who had followed me all the way from Bugari. 
Having rested for a little more than five hours in 
the midst of a forest, without being molested by man 
or beast, we continued our march through the dense 
jungle full of trees and thick underwood, while larger 
