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CHAP. XXXII. 
SETTING OUT ON MY JOURNEY TO ADAMAWA. THE FLAT, SWAMPY 
GROUNDS OF BORNU. 
At four o'clock in the afternoon I left the Thursday 
" chlnna anumbe," the southern gate of Ma ^ 29th - 
Kiikawa, on my adventurous journey to Adamawa. 
My little troop was not yet all collected. For being 
extremely poor at the time, or rather worse than 
poor, as I had nothing but considerable debts, I had 
cherished the hope that I should be able to carry all 
my luggage on one camel ; but when the things were 
all packed up, provisions, cooking utensils, tent, and 
a few presents, I saw that the one weak animal which 
I had was not enough, and bought another of Mr. 
Overweg, which had first to be fetched from the 
pasture-ground. I therefore left two servants and 
my old experienced Hausa warrior, the Mallem 
Katuri, whom, as I have stated above, I had ex- 
pressly hired for this journey, behind me in the town, 
in order to follow us in the night with the other 
camel. 
Mr. Overweg, attended by a spirited little fellow, 
named f Ali, a native of Ghat, who had brought his 
luggage from Kano, accompanied me. But the most 
