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CHAP. LXXXIV. 
LAST RESIDENCE IN KUXAWA. — BENEFIT OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY. 
On reaching safely the town of Kiikawa^ which had 
been my head-quarters for so long a period, and from 
whence I had first commenced my journeys of explora- 
tion in Negroland, it might seem that I had overcome 
all the difficulties in the way of complete success, and 
that I could now enjoy a short stay in the same place be- 
fore traversing the last stage of my homeward journey. 
Such however was not the case, and it was my lot to 
pass four months in this town under rather unpleasant 
circumstances. I had expected to find sufficient means 
here, and had in consequence agreed to repay the 
sum of 200 dollars lent me by the Fezzani merchant 
Khweldi, in Kano ; but there were only a few dollars 
in cash left of the supplies taken out by Mr. Vogel, 
those deposited by myself in Zinder in the hands of 
the Sherif el Fdsi, viz., 400 dollars in cash and a 
box containing a considerable amount of iron ware, 
having been plundered during the turbulent state of 
the country produced by the revolution. Even of the 
merchandise which had been lately despatched to 
Zinder, and from thence, in consequence of Mr. Vo- 
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