Chap. LXXXII. GULBI-N-RA'bA.— GANDI. 
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reached the town of Gandi. Having then crossed 
another small faddama in a wide open country, where 
sorghum and cotton were cultivated together in the 
same fields, we reached the town of Gandi. It is sur- 
rounded by a wall (in a state of decay), and by two 
moats, and is of considerable size, but half- deserted. 
We traversed with some difficulty the entrance of 
the town, which was adorned on the outside with 
three very tall bombax, or silk- cotton trees, and was 
almost entirely obstructed by a wooden gate, and then 
made our way through the desolate area of the town, 
overgrown with tall herbage, diim-palms, and korna, 
until we reached the house of the magaji, who is one 
of the five rulers of this vast and desolate place. 
But we had a great deal of trouble in procuring 
quarters in an empty courtyard, where we were 
glad to obtain some rest, as, owing to my long ill- 
ness, and my entire want of any strengthening food, 
I felt extremely exhausted by our day's march. I 
had, moreover, the dissatisfaction to find that one of 
my people, a liberated slave from Niipe, had re- 
mained behind and could not be found. As for my- 
self, I was not able to stir much about to inquire 
after him, for I wanted rest the more, as we had a 
long day's march before us*, and had to rise at a 
very early hour. 
* Close to Gandi is the small hill Dan-Fawa, where the ancient 
town was situated ; and, at a distance of about ten miles, is the 
well-known town of Bakura, after which the river is called G ulbi-n- 
Bakura. 
