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lose any time, but was anxious to proceed at once to 
A'nay, the northernmost town in the valley of Kawar, 
in order to prepare myself there, without the least 
delay, for that second great station of my desert 
journey which I had to traverse quite by myself, 
as my friend Kolo was to stay behind, and was not 
going to undertake the journey for a month or so. 
I recommended to him my freed slave 'Othraan, who 
had remained behind, as he was suffering from the 
effects of the guinea-worm. K6I0, however, accom- 
panied me in the afternoon for a few hundred yards, 
together with a Tebu from Tibesti, of the name of 
Maina Dadakore, who had recently been plundered of 
all his property by the Tawarek. The distance from 
Anikimma to A'nay is not very great, about two miles 
and a half. The site of A'nay is very peculiar, as 
may be seen from the description given by the former 
expedition*, who were greatly struck by its singular 
appearance, although the view which they have given 
of the locality is far from being correct. The first 
thing which I had to do here was, to endeavour by 
means of dollars, cloves, and the remnant of dried fish 
which I still had left, to procure as large a supply of 
ghedeb as possible, in order to carry my camels 
through this trying journey, as my only safety with 
my small band of people consisted in the greatest 
speed. It was very unlucky for me that the black- 
smith of Dirki broke his word in not bringing up 
the shoes for my horses, a circumstance which would 
* Denham and Clapperton's Travels, p. 17. 
