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markable circumstance, and one that must not be 
forgotten by any traveller who pursues this road, 
that the inhabitants of the Tebu country esteem no- 
thing more highly, nay, scarcely value anything at 
all, except dried fish, the stinking "biini," and that 
he may starve with all sorts of treasures in his 
bags, unless he be possessed of this article. I my- 
self was even obliged to buy the grass or ghedeb 
(of which 1 stood in need for my camels) with 
dried fish, and I felt sorry that I had not laid in a 
greater supply of this article in Bdrruwa. 
Before setting out, I thought it prudent to Monday, 
pay another visit and bid farewell formally ^^"^^ 
to May-Bdkr, as I was anxious, unprotected as I was^ 
to secure my rear. I then followed my camels, 
and having crossed two defiles, formed by projecting 
cliffs, which interrupt the valley, reached after a 
march of seven miles the town of Anikimma, situated 
at the side of an isolated promontory projecting 
from the cliffs, which form here a sort of wide re- 
cess, and encamped at the border of the palm grove, 
when I immediately received some hospitable treat- 
ment from my friend Kolo, who was a native of this 
place. This is the modern road which is taken at 
the present time, the town of Kisbi or rather Gezibi, 
which lies on the western side of the valley, and 
along which the former mission passed, being at 
present deserted. This road led in former times by 
Kisbi to Azaneres. But although we were treated 
in a friendly manner in this place, I did not like to 
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