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GAB I BI— DID HI OVER. 
at seeing so great a mass of water in the heart of the country. 
There was something very majestic in the sight. 
About five in the evening we arrived off Gabibi, a small 
fishing village on the right bank of the lake. The huts of 
this village are made of straw and of a round form. Since 
we entered the lake we had stood to the N. E. We passed 
close to the island of Maria-Theresa, on which I observed 
some fine granite of a bright chesnut colour. We took our 
departure from Gabibi, and at sun- set I saw, for the first 
time, since I left the coast, that luminary sink into a sort of 
ocean. 
We proceeded along the shore, at some distance from it, 
in the direction of W. N. W. The boatmen sang while they 
pushed along the canoe with their poles. We observed 
large blocks of granite on the shore. We brought to about 
eleven at night off Didhiover, a large village inhabited by 
Foulahs, who have only straw huts like those of the pastoral 
Foulahs. Some negroes went to the village to buy girau- 
mons. We could not procure a single drop of milk. 
