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quite the same as that of my late companion, and we had 
therefore often had little differences ; but I esteemed 
him highly for the deep sympathy which he felt for 
the sufferings of the native African, and deeply la- 
mented his death. Full of confidence I stretched 
myself upon my mat, and indulged in my simple 
supper, accompanied with a bowl of milk which the 
inhabitants of Bandego had brought me. The peo- 
ple were all pleased with us ; only the cattle, when 
returning from their pastures, took offence at my 
strange-looking tent, which I had pitched just in the 
path by which they were accustomed to return to 
their usual resting-place. 
Friday ^ an ear ty hour we were again on the 
March 28th. march, conducted a little while by an in- 
habitant of the village, who undertook to show us the 
direct road, which passes on its south side. He re- 
presented the road which we were about to take as 
much infested by the Kindm or Tawarek at that mo- 
ment ; and he advised us, as we went on from one place 
to another, to make strict inquiries as to the safety 
of the road before us. With this well-meant advice 
he left us to our own discretion ; and I pursued my 
way with the unsatisfactory feeling that it might be 
again my fate to come into too close contact with my 
friends the Tawarek, whom I had been so glad to get 
rid of. Saddened with these reflections, my two young 
companions also seeming a little oppressed, and trudg- 
ing silently along with the camels, we reached Alaune, 
once a considerable town, but now almost deserted, 
