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vant El Gatr6ni, when I lay down flat on the ground 
for a few moments, and then, refreshed a little, 
hastily followed the troop. Thus we proceeded on- 
ward, and the day passed by without there appearing 
any vestige of a town. After many disappointments, 
dragging myself along in the most desperate state of 
exhaustion, about an hour after midnight we at 
length reached cultivated fields and encamped at 
some distance from the town of Danfawa or Dan-Fawa, 
on an open piece of ground. Not being able to wait 
till the tent was pitched, I fell fast asleep as soon as I 
dismounted. A very heavy dew fell during the night. 
Having obtained some water and a couple Sunday, 
of fowls from some farming people in our ^^^^^^^ ^t^- 
neighbourhood, we succeeded in finding our camels 
(which on account of the exhausted condition of my 
people had wandered away), and set out a little after 
noon, passing close by the town, where a tolerable 
market was held, and where I provided myself with 
corn for the next few days. The town of Dan-Fdwa 
is tolerably populous, and there are even a good 
many huts outside the walls ; but I was astonished 
at observing the filthy condition of the pond from 
which the inhabitants procure their supply of water. 
It could not fail to confirm my former conjecture, 
that most of the diseases of the inhabitants, espe- 
cially the guinea-worm, are due to this dirt and filth, 
which they swallow at certain seasons of the year in 
this sort of water. 
Having lost some time in the market, I overtook my 
