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Kalliyal, and were here received outside the gate by 
two horsemen, when I was without delay quartered 
in a large and clean hut built of clay, and about 
thirty feet in diameter. I had scarcely made myself 
comfortable, when Senina, and the most respectable 
of the inhabitants, came to pay their compliments 
to me in the most cheerful manner, saluting me as 
an old acquaintance and as an enterprising and suc- 
cessful traveller ; while I, in my turn, complimented 
them on account of their having retrieved some of 
their losses by capturing a fine herd of cattle from 
the enemy. I was glad to see that they were not in 
such a famished condition as when I was here a year 
previously, and I gratefully acknowledged the mode- 
rate proof of hospitality which they were able to be- 
stow upon me, consisting of a little tiiwo, a large 
quantity of milk, and a few kola nuts. I rewarded 
their kindness as well as I was able under my present 
reduced circumstances. 
It was here that I learnt with certainty the death 
of my friend the vizier of Bornu ; for although 
the governor of Say, when we read to him the 
general letter of recommendation which the Sheikh el 
Bakdy had written for me, had remarked that 'Omar 
was no longer ruler of Bornu, and had thrown out 
some hints respecting the death of the vizier, those 
indications were too vague to be relied on; but now 
circumstances were mentioned in such a positive 
manner that I could no longer entertain a doubt as to 
