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that it will not come on again in the course of the 
morning. It is rather a rare phenomenon in these 
regions for a storm to gather in the morning on 
a clear sky; but nevertheless the reader will find 
several examples even of this in my meteorological 
tables.* The natives are not at all insensible to rain ; 
and while the Kanembuf who had attached themselves 
to our caravan in Badanfjo were protecting their 
persons with their light wooden shields, the natives 
of the country collected thick bushes, and formed a 
sort of natural umbrella over their heads. To pro- 
tect the head at least from wet is most essential in 
these climes. On another occasion, when I come 
to speak about the prevailing kinds of disease, I shall 
have to mention how dreadfully the Fulbe sometimes 
suffer from the maladies of the rainy season, when 
employed on their warlike expeditions. 
Early in the morning we reached Mufi or Miibi, 
but were received so inhospitably that we had great 
difficulty in obtaining quarters, for which we were 
obliged to keep fighting the whole day, as a quarrel- 
some mallem wished to dislodge me from the hut of 
which I had taken possession. Fortunately his better 
half bore the inconvenience with more equanimity ; 
* In Bombay the greatest fall of rain has been observed a 
little before and after morning. — Magnetical and Meteorological 
Observations, Bombay, 1853, Meteorological Results, p. 73. 
■f In my collection of itineraries traversing the country of A'da- 
mawa I shall have occasion to mention several places where, be- 
sides Kanuri, Kanembu also are settled. 
