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A STORM. 
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from thence to Hdusa. In my conversation with this 
man, he mentioned a circumstance which struck me 
as peculiar, that the Hdusa people have no general 
name for the Songhay. Their only designation for 
them is Yammatdwa, meaning the western people, 
a term which is only used in opposition to Gabbes- 
tawa, the ^' eastern people," without any regard to 
nationality. 
On leaving the village of Garbo, we were Wednesday, 
induced to follow the traces of our Hdusa 
companion, and to ascend directly the steep rocky 
passage which we had turned on our former journey ; 
but we found that this time also the proverb was con- 
firmed, that " the more haste the less speed," for the 
passage proved so difficult that all the luggage fell 
from the backs of the camels, and caused us a great 
deal of delay. However, as soon as we reached the flat 
level of the forest, we proceeded onward without in- 
terruption till we had passed our former place of en- 
campment. Finding no water here we pushed on, 
but, unfortunately, on account of part of our caravan 
having gone on in advance, we were prevented from 
encamping before the storm, which had gathered over 
our heads during the afternoon, broke forth, when the 
whole ground was in a moment so deeply covered 
with water that it was impossible to encamp. Thus, 
although drenched to the skin, we were obliged to 
keep on, in the ro.ost uncomfortable manner, till we 
found a little higher ground, where the branches of a 
sylvan encampment supplied us with the means of 
