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pared state, although rice in the husk, or k6kesh, is 
in abundance. 
A great many people visited me, and altogether 
behaved very friendly. In this little suburb, where 
we had encamped, there was staying a very clever 
faki, belonging originally to the Gd-bero, and called 
Mohammed Saleh. To my great astonishment I be- 
came aware that this man was acquainted with my 
whole story ; and, upon inquiring how he had obtained 
his information, I learned that a pilgrim, named Mo- 
hammed Fadhl, a native of the distant country of 
Futa, who, being engaged in a pilgrimage, had un- 
dertaken the journey from Timbuktu along the 
river in a boat, had acquainted the people with all 
my proceedings in that place. This faki also in- 
formed us of the present state of Hausa. He told us 
that Daiid, the rebellious prince of Zerma, or Za- 
berma, after his whole army had been cut to pieces 
by A'bu el Hassan, had made his escape to Yelu, the 
capital of Dendina, where the rebels were still keep- 
ing their ground. Meanwhile Aliyu, the Emir el 
Miimenm, had arrived before Argiingo, but in conse- 
quence of his own unwarlike character, and a dispute 
with Khalilu, to whom that part of Kebbi belongs, had 
retraced his steps, without achieving anything worthy 
of notice. But I learned that, owing to the revolt 
continuing, the Dendi were still in open rebellion, 
and that, in consequence, the road from Tamkala to 
F6gha was as unsafe as ever, although part of the 
Mduri had again returned to their allegiance. 
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