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received a small present from me, as well as some of 
the rdendn, who, during my absence, had treated my 
people hospitably. 
Starting in the afternoon, after a march of about 
eight miles, at first through a low swampy country, 
afterwards through a sandy wilderness with an un- 
dulating surface and with high sandy downs towards 
the river, we reached an encampment of Kel-iilli, the 
same people who had repeatedly protected me during 
my stay in the town, and, on firing a few shots, we 
were received by our friends with the warlike de- 
monstration of a loud beating of their shields. The 
hospitable treatment which they exhibited towards 
us in the course of the evening really filled me with 
pity on their account, for, having no rice or milk, 
they slaughtered not less than three oxen and 
twenty goats, in order to feast our numerous and 
hungry party, and make a holiday for themselves. 
Thus, having arrived after sunset, great part of the 
night was spent in revelling, and the encampment 
with the many fires, the numbers of people, horses, 
and beasts of burden, in the midst of the trees, formed 
a highly interesting scene. 
In the course of the evening I received a visit from 
my protector. I had promised him another handsome 
present as soon as he should have fairly entered with 
me upon my home journey, and he now wanted to 
know what it was. I informed him that it consisted 
of a pair of richly ornamented pistols, which I had 
kept expressly for the occasion : but instead of at once 
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