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but^ about six miles from the village, there are, on both 
sides, some little hills. Fessadougou is a part of the San- 
garan. 
Our road, during the day, was partly sandy, and partly 
covered vrith red porous stones. The country is thickly 
overgrown with large trees, which renders it exceedingly 
pleasant. In the neighbourhood of Fessadougou, the ce and 
the nede are very abundant ; indeed, they are the only trees 
reared by cultivation, and they are highly useful to the inha- 
bitants. In the vicinity of the village I saw tilled land in 
very good order. Our host sent us a supper. 
On the 15th of June, after paying our reckoning in a 
little tobacco and salt, as we had done all along the road 
from Cambaya, we crossed the river in canoes. It was near 
ten o'clock when we reached the right bank. We then pro- 
ceeded four miles to the S. E., over a gravelly soil. I had 
not yet got rid of the fever, but I had enjoyed a little rest 
during the night. 
The heat was excessive, and my guide insisted on m)^ 
using my umbrella to shade me from the scorching rays of 
the sun : he himself took the precaution of letting it dowji, 
whenever we approached any inhabited place. It was near 
half-past eleven when we halted at Farancou-Manbata, a 
village containing between three and four hundred inha- 
bitants. Our road, next day, lay through a tract of country, 
in which we should have to travel a considerable distance 
without coming to any villages. A storm arose soon after 
we entered Farancou-Manbata, and it rained heavily. 
At seven, on the morning of the 15th of June, we re- 
sumed our journey, travelling twenty-two miles in the same 
direction, and crossing several little streams. The surface of 
the ground was covered with red stones and gravel. The 
country was generally level, but some hills were visible to 
the east and west. 
About half-past four in the afternoon we stopped to rest 
