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Having at length left this difficult delta of small 
rivulets behind us, which may occasionally cause 
great trouble to a traveller, we ascended sandy 
downs, and obtained from thence a view over the 
whole valley, which here rather resembles a large 
well-timbered faddama than a river, only a small 
open branch becoming visible, not obstructed by 
rocks. The district exhibited a good deal of cul- 
tivation, the fields of Ay6ru extending for more than 
two miles, and the low shore of the creek was 
adorned further on by a rich profusion of kenya or 
tediimunt. The richly- wooded islands afforded a 
very pleasant sight, one of them being enlivened by 
a great number of horses, which were left here to 
pasture, and the shore formed one uninterrupted 
line of tamarind trees. But the navigation may be 
very difficult here, as from time to time, the river, or 
at least as much as we saw of it, became greatly 
obstructed by rocks. It was pleasing to observe 
that we had at length entered more hospitable re- 
gions, for a short time after we left behind us the 
fields of Ayoru, cultivated ground again succeeded, 
and apparently very well kept. 
Having then turned round a swampy gulf, we as- 
cended higher ground, and now obtained a view of 
the remarkably wild scenery of the river which 
attaches to the island of Kend^ji and the rocky cone 
Wdrba, which had been in sight all the morning, and 
encamped, at half- past eleven o'clock, on a rising 
ground at some distance from the island. The river 
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