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ing himself against them, and catching upon his shield 
all their iron spears, he reached the river, and made 
good his retreat in a boat. 
Led on by this interesting man, and by a brother 
of his of the name of Mohammed, we soon reached a 
place named Izeberen, so called from two sandy 
downs rising from a flat shore, and at times entirely 
insulated. Inland, a large swampy backwater leaves 
only a narrow neck of land dry. 
