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TKAVELS IN AFKICA. Chap. XXIII. 
In the course of the night, the roar of a lion was 
heard close by our encampment. 
Tuesday, ^ e Parted, with general enthusiasm, at 
January 2ist. an ear ]y hour ; and the people of our troop 
seeing the fires of the other divisions of the salt- 
caravan in front of us still burning, jeered at their 
laziness, till at length, on approaching within a short 
distance of the fires, we found that the other people 
had set out long before, leaving their fires burning. 
A poor woman, carrying a load on her head, and 
leading a pair of goats, had attached herself to our 
party in Gazawa ; and though she had lost her goats 
in the bustle of the previous afternoon, she continued 
her journey cheerfully and with resignation. 
After five hours' march the whole caravan was 
suddenly brought to a stand for some time, the cause 
of which was a ditch of considerable magnitude, dug 
right across the path, and leaving only a narrow 
passage, the beginning of a small path which wound 
along through thick thorny underwood. This, to- 
gether with the ditch, formed a sort of outer defence 
for the cultivated fields and the pasture-grounds of 
Katsena, against any sudden inroad. Having passed 
tioned above). Further southward, on the west side of our route, 
were mentioned Sururu and Kofi ; to the east, Samia maidan- 
kay. On inquiring after Samia Enkora, a place mentioned in an 
itinerary sent home by Mr. Richardson during his first journey, 
I learnt that it lies on an eastern road leading from Damerghu to 
Tasawa by the following stations (the march being slow from 
Tagelel) : — Baibay, Kame, Samia EZkora (this is said to be the 
right form of the name), Dandu, Gomariyuma, Tasawa. 
