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were all supplied. Being saluted in a friendly way 
by the people, I pitched my tent in the shade of a 
large chedia or caoutchouc-tree, which, however, was 
very scanty, as the young leaves had not come out, 
and afforded very little relief from the heat of the 
sun. 
Here it was for the first time that 1 tasted a dish 
of sesamum, which was prepared in the same manner 
as millet, in the form of a large hasty pudding, but, 
being insufficiently seasoned by the common African 
sauce of the leaves of the kiika or monkey-bread tree, 
did not appear to me to be a very dainty dish. The 
village, the name of which is Mokori, had a comfort- 
able appearance ; and the pounding of indigo in the 
dyeing-pits went on without interruption, even during 
the heat of the day. Some Fiilbe or Fellata shep- 
herds live in the neighbourhood ; and I was fortunate 
enough to barter a little butter for glass beads, as well 
as a small supply of rice — that is to say, wild rice, for 
rice is not cultivated here, but only gathered in the 
jungles from what the elephant and rhinoceros have 
left. Altogether I might have been very comfort- 
able, if my uncertain situation in the country had not 
caused me some anxiety. 
When we pursued our march in the afternoon, our 
road lay through a fertile country, where the cultiva- 
tion was divided between millet and sesamum, till we 
reached the first group of the village of Bakada, 
which consists of four distinct hamlets. Here my 
companions wanted to procure quarters for me ; but 
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