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of his host, that he would offer serious resistance to 
that energetic and enterprising chief, with his warlike 
bands, elated by victory and pillage. 
Twelve miles beyond Sabo-n-gari, through a less 
favoured district, we reached the town of Yerimari, sur- 
rounded with a keffi, while on its outer side a market 
was just being held. But there being here no food for 
the camels, we proceeded on, through a district covered 
with underwood, until we reached, about two miles 
beyond, a village called " Gida-n- Alia," ("the house 
of God,") which, besides being surrounded with a 
keffi, was so completely hidden behind a dense covert 
of trees, which form a natural defence, that we could 
scarcely discover it. But inside this covert there was a 
fine open field, whereon we pitched our tent, and were 
soon visited by the mayor and the chief inhabitants, 
who behaved in a very friendly manner towards us, 
and provided us with everything we wanted, the place 
being rich in small millet and Indian corn. The 
village was however very badly supplied with water, 
the well being at a great distance. The camping- 
ground was extremely pleasant, the open green being 
varied by dense groups of trees, and the vegetation 
being moreover enlivened by a good many deleb- 
palms. 
The road which we pursued the following day was 
more beset by thorny bushes, but here also deleb- 
palms were numerous, and dorowa and tamarind 
trees contributed to enliven more favoured spots. 
Thus we reached the place where this northern route 
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