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fare which I had received in Bakada for so long a 
time, I was delighted to be able to procure here a 
fowl, some butter, and a little milk; and it was a 
sort of holiday for me to indulge in these simple 
luxuries. The manner in which I obtained these sup- 
plies was rather circuitous, a long bartering taking 
place with beads, needles, and a little natron which 
I was provided with from Kiikawa. The price of 
the fowl was three darning-needles ; and I may here 
state the obligation under which I am to Mr. Charles 
Beke, the Abyssinian traveller, upon whose advice I 
had provided myself in London with a small assort- 
ment of these articles. In Middle Sudan their value 
was not appreciated; but here, in Bagfrmi, I found 
them extremely useful, and it was to them that I 
partly owed my subsistence in this country. 
I quietly conversed with the people on my situ- 
ation ; and they behaved very friendly towards me, 
and advised me, if no news should arrive from the 
capital in the course of the day, to take the road 
by K611e-K611e, Marga, and Jogode, a place which 
they represented as of considerable size, and thus to 
reach the river near the village of Klesem, from 
whence I might cross over to Kiisuri. I even ob- 
tained here some valuable information with regard to 
the river-system of Waday, from a Fellata*, or Pullo, 
of the name of f Abd el Kader. I should have passed 
* I will here remark that I think this form, Fellata, which is 
usual in Bornu and the neighbouring countries, is in its origin a 
plural, though it is continually employed also for the singular. 
