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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XXXI. 
Having closed my day's labour usefully and plea- 
santly, I lay down under a sort of shed, but had 
much to suffer from musquitoes, which, together 
with fleas, are a great nuisance near the banks of the 
lagoon. 
Sunday Before sunrise we were again in the saddle, 
April 27th. accompanied by Fiigo or Pufo 'Ali, who had 
his double pair of small drums with him, and looked 
well on his stately horse. It was a beautiful morn- 
ing, and I was delighted with the scene around. 
Clear and unbroken were the lines of the horizon, 
the swampy plain extending on our right towards 
the lake, and blending with it, so as to allow the mind 
that delights in wandering over distant regions a 
boundless expanse to rove in — an enjoyment not to be 
found in mountainous regions, be the mountains ever 
so distant. For 
"'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." 
Thus we went on slowly northwards, while the sun 
rose over the patches of water, which spread over the 
grassy plain ; and on our left the village displayed its 
snug yards and huts, neatly fenced and shaded by 
spreading trees. We now left Maduwari, and after 
a little while passed another village called Dogoji, 
when we came to a large hamlet or "beri" of Kanembu 
cattle-breeders, who had the care of almost all the 
cattle of the villages along the shores of the lake, which 
is very credibly reported to amount together to eleven 
thousand head. The herd here collected — number- 
ing at least a thousand head, most of them of that 
