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CHAP. XXXVL 
MY RECEPTION IN YOLA. — SHORT STAY. — DISMISSAL. 
At length I had reached the capital of A'damawa, 
having had altogether a very lucky and successful 
journey ; but now all depended upon the manner in 
which I should be received in this place : for although 
it was quite enough to have successfully penetrated 
so far, after having discovered and crossed the upper 
course of that large river, about the identity of which 
with the Chadda there could be little doubt, I enter- 
tained the hope that I might be allowed to penetrate 
further south, and investigate at least part of the 
basin of the river. I had heard so much about the 
fertile character of those regions, that I was intensely 
desirous to see something of them. 
It was an unfavourable circumstance that we arrived 
on a Friday, and just during the heat of the day. 
The streets were almost deserted ; and no person met 
us in order to impart to us, by a friendly welcome, a 
feeling of cheerfulness and confidence. 
Yoia is a large open place, consisting, with a few 
exceptions, of conical huts surrounded by spacious 
courtyards, and even by corn-fields, the houses of the 
governor and those of his brothers being alone built 
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