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strips. It was past eleven o'clock, and the sun 
had already become very troublesome, when we 
left the camp. The chief was so extremely fond 
of his wife and children, that it was an affair of 
some importance to take leave of them. I myself 
had become sincerely attached to his little boys, es- 
pecially the youngest one, Zen el 'Abidin, who, I 
am led to hope, will remember his friend 'Abd el 
Kerim. But, notwithstanding my discontent at my 
protector's want of energy, I could not be angry 
with him ; and when he asked me whether he had 
now deceived me, or kept his word, I could not but 
praise his conduct, although I told him that I must 
first see the end of it. He smiled, and turning to 
his companion the old Haiballah (Habib Allah), who 
had come from A'zawad to spend some time in his 
company, asked him whether I was not too mistrustful ; 
but the event unluckily proved that I was not. 
The vegetation in the neighbourhood of B6se- 
bdngo is extremely rich ; but as we advanced gradually 
the trees ceased, with the exception of the kdlgo, the 
bush so often mentioned by me in Hausa, and which 
here begins to be very common. I was greatly dis- 
appointed in my expectation of making a good day's 
march, for, after proceeding a little more than three 
miles, I saw my tent, which had gone in advance, 
pitched in the neighbourhood of an encampment of 
Arabs belonging to the tribe of the Ergageda. Here 
we stayed the remainder of the day, enjoying the 
hospitality of these people, who had to pay dearly 
