Cijaf. XXXVII. DIFFERENCE OF CLIMATE. 
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We continued our march, and, witli a Monday> 
halt during the hot hours, reached Uje Jul y l4 th- 
Kasiikula in the evening. The aspect of the country 
offered unmistakable proof of our advance north- 
wards. Even the grass here was barely an inch or two 
above the ground ; the crops, where most advanced, 
were ten or twelve inches high, while other fields 
were still covered with the tunfafia, or Asclepias 
gigantea, — a sure proof that they had not yet been 
brought under cultivation. We passed a good many 
cotton-fields. I reached the place in a state of the 
utmost exhaustion, and was obliged to stay here 
three days to recruit my strength, taking hardly any 
food but quinine, and placing a plaster of cantharides 
on my chest. The governor of the place, Kashella 
f Ali Alawo, treated my party very hospitably and 
kindly, and showed sincere compassion for my feeble 
condition. I learnt from him, to my great satisfac- 
tion, that Mr. Overweg had really embarked in the 
boat on the Tsad, and was gone to the Biidduma. 
At length we set out again ; but though Friday 
I felt a little better, I was glad when, after Jul ^ 18th - 
a short march of three hours through a very pleasant 
and populous country, we took up our quarters in a 
place called Gulfo, a great proportion of the inha- 
bitants of which are Shiiwa. Having passed tlie hot 
hours in a spacious and cool hut, I enjoyed for a 
while the freshness of the evening outside, in my 
courtyard, delighted at the same time by the sight of 
the herds of cattle returning from their pastures. 
