Chap. LXXVIII. MEETING OF NATIVE CHIEFS. 
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an article of food by the Tawarek, my horses having 
fared very badly for some time. 
It was not until the second day of our arrival, that 
my protector, accompanied by Hanna, Khozeniaten, 
Hammalaba, and the other chief men of the Kel e' 
Siik, who had come to have an interview with him, 
joined us. These people were mounted partly on 
camels, partly on horseback, and the large open area 
which spread out between the mosque and our tents 
thus became greatly enlivened ; and it was not long 
before the messengers who had been sent to Alkiittabu 
returned with the answer, that he would meet the 
Sheikh in this place in three days. It almost appeared 
as if Gogo was again to acquire some slight historical 
importance, as the place of meeting between the 
native chiefs of these disturbed regions and a Euro- 
pean, anxious to inspire the natives of these countries 
with fresh energy, and to establish a regular inter- 
course along the high-road which nature herself has 
prepared. 
When all these people arrived, I was just busy 
laying down, as well as circumstances allowed, my 
route from Timbuktu to Gogo, which I was very 
anxious to finish, and to send off from here, and thus 
to secure the results of my exploration, in case of 
any mischance befalling myself. At that time, the 
legs of my table being broken, I was obliged to finish 
this map on a board placed upon my knees, and 
sitting on my mat, as I had at that period neither 
chair nor b^x. Having finished this business, I went 
