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other. On the right, the sandy downs rise to a con- 
siderable elevation opposite a large hamlet, situated 
on the island Ans6ngho, and adorned with diim-palms. 
Following a south-easterly direction, in a short time 
we reached the place where the several branches into 
which the river had divided at A'dar-andiirren again 
join ; but being full of ledges and rocks, at least in the 
present low state of the water, they exhibited a wild 
and sombre aspect. The river, however, does not 
long retain this character, and a little more than half 
a mile below, it widens to a broad and tolerably open 
sheet of water, the shore, which hitherto had been 
clothed only with the gloomy fernan, being now 
beautifully adorned with an isolated tamarind tree, 
which (together with the diim-palms on the island of 
Ansongho), might well serve as a landmark to people 
who would attempt to ascend this river. But the 
hills, which ascended to a height of 300 feet, ap- 
proached so closely the bank of the river, that we 
were obliged to ascend the steep slope, which was 
thickly clothed with ferndn, and being torn by many 
small watercourses, scarcely afforded a passage for 
the camels. 
Descending from the slope, we reached the Teau- 
went, or place of embarkation of Burre, a hamlet 
lying on the opposite shore, but at present deserted, 
where the river forms only a single branch, from 
800 to 900 yards wide, and a little further on about 
1000, and on the whole unobstructed, with the ex- 
ception of a few rocks near the shore. Having here 
