Chap. XXII. 
RICHER VEGETATION. 
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village Garari, the pond U'rafa, the well Jiga, and by 
Birni-n-Tazin, while we were to follow an eastern 
road. Not far from our encampment, eastward, was 
a swamp named Tagelel. 
Several camels were missing in the morn- gundayj 
ing, as was indeed very natural in a coun- January 12th. 
try like this, thickly covered with trees and underwood. 
Soon, however, a tremendously shrill cry, passing 
from troop to troop, and producing altogether a most 
startling effect, announced that the animals had been 
found ; and a most interesting and lively scene ensued, 
each party, scattered as the caravan was through the 
forest, beginning to load their camels on any narrow 
open space at hand. The sky was thickly overcast ; 
and the sun did not break forth till after we had gone 
some three or four miles. We passed a beautiful 
tsamia, or tamarind- tree, which was, I think, the first 
full-grown tree of this species we had seen, those in 
Tagelel being mere dwarfs. Having descended a 
little, we passed at eleven o'clock a small hamlet or 
farming- village called Kauye-n-Salakh ; and I after- 
wards observed the first tulip-tree, splendidly covered 
with the beautiful flower just open in all the natural 
finery of its colours, while not a single leaf adorned 
the tree. I think this was the first tree of the 
kind we had passed on our road, although Overweg 
(whose attention I drew to it) asserted that he had 
seen specimens of it the day before; nevertheless 
I doubt their having escaped my observation, as I 
took the greatest interest in noting down accurately 
