Chap. XXXIV. 
be'lem. 
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I made the accompanying sketch of the country behind 
us, stretching from N. 30 E. to E, 20 N. 
The country continued rugged and rocky, though it 
was occasionally interrupted by cultivated ground, 
and a mountain group of interesting form, called 
Konkel, stood out on our right. 
Having entered at eight o'clock upon cultivated 
ground of great extent, we reached a quarter of an 
hour afterwards Belem, the residence of Mallem Dalili, 
a man whom I had heard much praised in Sarawu. 
Billama wished to spend the day here, but I was very 
anxious to proceed, as we had already lost the preced- 
ing day ; but at the same time I desired to make the 
acquaintance of, and to pay my respects to, a person 
whom every one praised for his excellent qualities. I 
therefore sent forward the camels with the men on 
foot, while I myself entered the village with the 
horsemen. Crossing a densely inhabited quarter, we 
found the mallem sitting under a tree in his court- 
yard, a venerable and benevolent-looking old man, in 
a threadbare blue shirt and a green " baki-n-zaki." 
We had scarcely paid our respects to him, and he had 
asked a few general questions in Arabic, when an 
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