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character of a mountain chain ; the highest group 
being from 800 to 1000 feet in height, and called 
Bingawi by our guide, while he gave to the succeed- 
ing one the name of Wagata; the most distant 
part of the chain he called Bubo. At the foot of this 
ridge lies the village of Tagabata, which we passed 
a little further on. 
Enjoying the varied character of the scenery, we 
continued our march rather slowly, an ass which my 
companions had bartered on the road lagging be- 
hind, and causing us some delay, when we entered a 
dense underwood of thorny trees which entirely hem- 
med in our view, while on our right a hilly chain 
approached, called from a neighbouring village Senu- 
debu, exactly like the French settlement on the 
Faleme in the far west. 
Proceeding thus onward, we suddenly observed 
that the covert in front of us was full of armed men. 
As soon as they became aware that we had observed 
them, they advanced towards us with the most hostile 
gesticulations, swinging their spears and fitting their 
arrows to their bows, and we were just going to fire 
upon them, when we observed amongst them my ser- 
vant the Gatr6ni, whom a short time before I had 
sent to fetch some water from the river. This 
fortunate circumstance, suddenly arrested our hos- 
tile intentions and led to a peaceable understand- 
ing. We were then informed, that obtaining a sight 
of us from a hill while we were still at a distance, 
and seeing six armed horsemen, they had taken 
