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called Yeou ; for though it may be called the river 
of Yeou, or rather of Y6, particularly in its lower 
course, where it passes the town of this name, it can 
never be called " the river Y6, ? ' any more than the 
Thames, on account of its flowing through London, 
can be called the river London. 
While ordering c Abd-Alla to follow with the camels 
along the lower road, I ascended with Mohammed the 
steep slope of the sandy swell, rising to about three 
hundred feet, on the top of which Kashimma is situ- 
ated in a fine healthy situation commanding the whole 
valley. It is an open place, consisting entirely of huts 
made of corn-stalks and reeds, but is of considerable 
size and well inhabited. However, I was not dis- 
posed to make any halt here ; and learning, to my 
great satisfaction, that no Kin din had been seen as far 
as the Eastern Ngurutuwa, I determined to go on as 
fast as possible, and persuaded a netmaker to point out 
clearly to me the road which we were to take ; for 
we had now rather difficult ground before us — the 
wide bottom of the valley, with its thick forest and 
its several watery channels. 
The path led us gradually down from the eminence 
upon which Kashimma is situated, into the bushy 
dale with a great quantity of ngille, and also a few 
dum-palms. Here we saw numerous foot-prints of the 
elephant, and some of enormous size ; and truly the 
wanderer cannot be surprised that this colossal ani- 
mal has taken possession of these beautiful, luxuriant 
shores of the komadugu, from which the native in his 
