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very remarkable. The crop stood here scarcely a few 
inches above the ground.* The soil also around the 
place is not rich, the mould being thin upon the 
surface of the granite, which in many places lies 
bare. The situation of Sarawu is very important on 
account of its being the point where the road from 
Log6n and all the north-eastern part of A'damawa, 
which includes some very considerable centres of in- 
dustry and commerce, particularly Fatawel, the en- 
trepot of all the ivory trade in these quarters, joins the 
direct road from Kiikawa to the capital. Cotton is 
cultivated here to some extent. A'damawa is a pro- 
mising country of colonies. 
Sarawu, too, was suffering from dearth from the 
same reason which I have explained above ; the second 
crop, which is destined to provide for the last and most 
pressing period, while the new crop is ripening, not 
having been sown at all last year on account of the 
expedition, so that we had great difficulty in obtain- 
ing the necessary corn for our five horses. It 
would, however, have been very easy for me to obtain 
a sufficient supply if I had demanded a small fee 
for my medical assistance, as I had a good many 
patients who came to me for remedies ; but this I 
refrained from doing. I had here some very singular 
cases, which rather exceeded my skill; and among 
others there was a woman who had gone with child 
* I made some observations with the boiling-water instrument 
on this road, but unfortunately my thermometers for this purpose 
were entirely out of order. 
