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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XXIY. 
near Kazaure, whither he had gone after parting 
from me at Katsena. The country again assumed a 
more cheerful character ; we passed several villages, 
and even a marina, or dyeing-place, and the path was 
well frequented. Almost all the people who met us 
saluted us most kindly and cheerfully ; and I was par- 
ticularly amused by the following form of saluta- 
tion : " Barka, sanu sanii: hm ! hm ! " " God bless you, 
gently, gently ; how strange! " Only a few proud Fel- 
lani, very unlike their brethren in the west, passed us 
without a salute. The villages are here scattered about 
in the most agreeable and convenient way, as farming 
villages ought always to be, but which is practicable 
only in a country in a state of considerable security 
and tranquillity. All their names, therefore, are in 
the plural form, as Taraurawa, Jimbedawa, Bagadawa. 
The idea of a great degree of industry was inspired 
by the sight of a marina near Jimbedawa, comprising 
as many as twenty dyeing-pots ; and here also a little 
market was held by the women of the district. About 
half past one in the afternoon we entered the rich dis- 
trict of Dawano, which almost exclusively belongs to 
the wealthy Dan Malia, and is chiefly inhabited by 
Fellani. There was here a large market-place, con- 
sisting of several rows of well-built sheds, and fre- 
quented by numbers of people. A few market-women 
attached themselves to our little troop, giving us as- 
surance that we should be able to reach the "birni" 
to-day, but then added that we ought to arrive at the 
outer gate before sunset, as it is shut at that time. 
