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the aspect of the crops was far from being satisfactory. 
The monkey-bread, or baobab trees, on the other 
hand, were now in the full exuberance of their foliage. 
Leaving our former route a little to the north, we took 
the southerly road to the town of D6go-n-ddji, which 
was enlivened by passengers proceeding to visit the 
market held at that place, which proved to be much 
more important than that of Gando, cattle, sheep, 
salt, and beads constituting the chief articles for sale. 
But, just at the moment we arrived, a thunder-storm 
broke out, which dispersed all the customers in the 
market, and left us in a difficult position to supply 
our wants. The town itself, although the clay wall 
was in a state of great decay, presented an interesting 
aspect, being full of gonda, or Erica Papaya^ and 
date trees, which were just loaded with fruit, a rather 
rare sight in Negroland. 
Thursday, Whcu wc left the towu of D6go-n-daji, we 
August 24tii. crossed the market-place, which is adorned 
by five monkey-bread trees, but being empty at the 
time, it looked somewhat desolate. 
At the present day, at the outskirts of almost all 
the larger towns of Negroland, Fiilbe families are 
established, who rear cattle for the express purpose of 
supplying milk for the daily wants of the inhabitants ; 
and these people gladly provide travellers with that 
most desirable article when they are well paid for it ; 
but having degenerated to mere tradesmen, they, of 
course, possess little hospitable feeling. Leaving, then 
the town of Sd,la at about two miles distance to the 
