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first, probably in consequence of my beard being 
longer. 
Saturday, The herd of cattle, which the Gd-bero were 
July 1st. make a present of to the Sheikh, having 
at length successfully regained their native shore, 
we set out on our return march to G6g6 late in 
the afternoon, and keeping along the rocky slope, 
where it recedes inland, behind Tin-sheran, we 
halted for the night in an encampment of the Kel- 
giinhan, which was very considerable, consisting of 
more than 100 leathern tents. The encampment was 
full of young slaves, such as I had rarely seen with 
any of these Tawdrek ; but as I have observed on a 
former occasion, the Kel e' Siik do not seem as yet 
to have entirely forgotten their former residence in a 
large, luxurious place, and even at the present time 
indulge greatly in the traffic of slaves. Here, also, 
the slaves, male and female, were entirely clad in 
leather, but on the whole, they were good-looking, 
and appeared cheerful. 
Sunday, I again reached G6g6, while the Sheikh 
July 2nd. p^^maincd behind in the encampment of 
another body of Kel e' Siik, situated on a sort of pro- 
montory, projecting into the swampy plain, which 
we reached about five miles after setting out from 
the place where we had passed the night. Our march 
lay along the foot of the rocky slope full of caverns 
and ravines, and enlivened with trees and bush, the 
swampy ground on our left being laid out in rice-fields, 
which the people were busy cultivating, and inter- 
