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was to be seen. The scarcity was less felt here than 
in the northern districts of the country, and we 
bought some grain for our horses as a supply for the 
next day. 
We started early in the morning, con- Thursday , 
tinuing along the straggling hamlets and June 19th - 
rich corn-fields of Chabajaule for a mile and a half, 
when we passed two slave villages, or " riimde," be- 
longing to a rich Pullo, of the name of Haniiri. All 
the meadows were beautifully adorned with white 
violet-striped lilies. We then entered a wooded tract, 
ascending at the same time considerably on the hilly 
ground which juts out from the foot of mount Ba- 
gele, and which allowed us a clearer view of the 
geological character of the mountain. Having again 
emerged from the forest upon an open, cultivated, 
and populous district, we passed the large village 
of Dali, and having descended and reascended again 
we obtained a most beautiful view near the village 
Gurore, which lies on rising ground, surrounded 
by a good many large monkey-bread trees, or bodoje 
{sing, bokki.) For from this elevated spot we en- 
joyed a prospect over the beautiful meadow lands 
sloping gently down towards the river, which from 
this spot is not much more than five miles distant, 
taking its course between Mounts Bengo and Bagele, 
and washing the foot of the latter, but not visible 
to us. The country continued beautiful and pleasant, 
and was here enlivened by numerous herds of cattle, 
while in the villages which we had passed I had seen 
