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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. LXXXV. 
Pursuing then our dreary march, while a heavy 
wind rose, which by raising the dust made the desert 
look still more gloomy, we gradually discovered the 
rocky mountains of A'gadem ahead of us, but did not 
enter the peculiar valley formation till a quarter past 
seven o'clock. Here we chose our camping-ground 
in a corner surrounded by the " siwak," which form 
quite a little plantation, and occasionally attract 
temporary settlers, especially of the tribe called Bolo- 
duwa, or A'm-wadebe. However, the sand wind made 
our stay here very cheerless, which was increased by 
the circumstance of the ground being full of camel 
lice, this being the usual camping-ground. The 
water of the well was clean and excellent, but not 
very plentiful, so that we had to take our supply for 
the road before us from a more northerly well. The 
servant who was missing not having been found, we 
waited anxiously for the arrival of the Ddza in the 
afternoon, when he made his appearance in their com- 
pany. They had fortunately seen him at a great dis- 
tance, when he had completely lost his way, and was 
wandering southward. I made a present to the man 
who had brought him back. We remained here the 
following day, and besides the small luxury of the 
wild fruit of the siwdk, I was glad to be able to buy a 
vessel of butter from our friends the salt-traders, as 
my store of this article was nearly consumed. 
Monday, The poor slavcs of our companions were so 
June 4th. totally cxhaustcd by the fatigue of the jour- 
ney, that they would have preferred anything to a 
