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round the lower part of the body, below the breast, 
and fastening it over the shoulder. 
They derive their descent partly from Fiita, and 
partly from the tribe of the U'rube settled in Md- 
sina. Some sherifs are also stated to have intermar- 
ried with them ; and it was with considerable in- 
terest that I beheld among them several individuals 
with real PuUo features. They are greatly afraid, 
not less of the Fulbe of Hombori (the place mentioned 
in my outward journey, which is only four good days' 
march distant from here), than of thcKortita, a division 
of the Songhay settled further down the river. They 
were therefore most anxious to possess a double talis- 
man against this twofold danger which threatened 
them, and received a blessing from me as well as 
from the Sheikh ; for although I told them repeatedly 
that the blessing of the Sheikh was quite sufficient for 
them, they insisted upon receiving my own benediction 
likewise. I now learned that several of them had 
made my personal acquaintance on a former occasion, 
having been among the troop of natives who assisted 
me in crossing the dangerous swamp a few miles 
from A^ribinda. 
In this place, which is called Borno, or Barno, we 
remained the four following days ; and I might have 
enjoyed the fine air and the charming view over the 
river, notwithstanding my eager desire to continue 
my journey without any longer delay, if it had not 
been that I was badly off for food, the rice with which 
we were supplied not being seasoned with salt, and 
