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passed a rocky cone, projecting into the river, we 
encamped near a cluster of anthills, formed by and 
adorned with the bushes of the Capparis sodata ; but 
it was a very inauspicious place, as the camels, not 
finding food enough in the neighbourhood, were, 
through the negligence of A'bbega, lost in the evening, 
and it cost us the whole forenoon of the following 
day to find them again. When we at length started, 
I was obliged to yield to the wishes of my companions, 
who, in order to obtain some supplies for their 
journey, were most anxious to halt near a small 
farming village of a Piillo settler, Mohammed -Sidi, a 
distant relation of Mohammed-Jebbo, who had settled 
here several years before amongst Tawarek and Son- 
ghay; and my friends, having been informed that 
this person was a pious and liberal man, felt little 
inclination to forego such an opportunity of receiving 
a few alms. 
Having encamped on a high ground rising to con- 
siderable elevation, we had an extensive view over 
the river, which was here again broken by rocky 
islets and intersected by ledges, so that, seen from 
this distance, in several places it appeared almost lost. 
Beyond, on the other shore, across this labyrinth of 
rapids and divided creeks, filling a breadth of two to 
three miles, were seen the two mountains of Ay 61a 
and Tikanaziten, where, in the time of the chief Kawa, 
a bloody and decisive battle was fought between the 
Dinnik and the Awelimmiden. Towards the south, 
on the contrary, a fertile and well cultivated plain, 
