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asked the reason, he said it was because we 
intended to purchase an ox from the Tammahas, 
which would spoil the market, for we should 
give them too many beads. We told him he 
should be intrusted with the bargain. This 
information completely satisfied him. 
This day a Mashow woman joined us to travel 
under our protection. 
17th. That we might remain during the Lord's 
Day near water, we left Moutuatzepe at half 
past six A.M. and in an hour and a half halted at 
a pool called Massetawche, signifying Gained 
the Dispute. Before sunrise a lion came near 
the waggons, and after roaring a few times went 
away. 
During the former part of the journey from 
Old Lattakoo the trees were all of the camel- 
thorn, the prickles of which are thick and short ; 
the grass was tall and coarse, and the soil red. 
Now, the prickles of the camel-thorn were long 
and thin, and the tree approached nearer to a 
bush than the others, though both are mimosas ; 
the grass possessed a more delicate texture, and 
the mould appeared to be of a pale or yellow hue. 
We found on this spot three pools, the water of 
which, though muddy in appearance, tasted well. 
Therm. 80. 
