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stockade of the stalks of Guinea corn was constructed 
on that side ; for having now exchanged the regions 
of highway robbers and marauders for those of 
thieves, we had nothing more to fear from open 
attacks, but a great deal from furtive attempts by 
night. 
Scarcely had our people made themselves comfort- 
able, when their appetite was excited by a various 
assortment of the delicacies of the country, clamour- 
ously offered for sale by crowds of women from the 
village. The whole evening a discordant chime was 
rung upon the words " nono" (sour milk), " may " 
(butter), "dodowa" (the vegetable-paste above men- 
tioned), " kiika" (the young leaves of the Adansonia, 
which are used for making an infusion with which 
meat or the " tuwo" is eaten), and " yaru da daria." 
The last of these names, indeed, is one which cha- 
racterizes and illustrates the cheerful disposition of 
the Hausa people ; for the literal meaning of it is, 
" the laughing boy," or " the boy to laugh," while it 
signifies the sweet ground-nut, which if roasted is 
indeed one of the greatest delicacies of the country. 
Reasoning from subsequent experience, I thought it 
remarkable that no " tiiwo" (the common paste or 
hasty pudding made of millet, called " fufu " on the 
western coast), which forms the ordinary food of the 
natives, was offered for sale ; but it must be borne in 
mind that the people of A'sben care very little about 
a warm supper, and like nothing better than the fura 
or ghussub-water, and the corn in its crude state, 
