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TRAVELS IN AFRICA 
suit will prove how much our informant was 
himself deceived in his opinion of that man, and 
how little confidence can be placed in any in- 
formation but that obtained by the most strict 
self observation, in all matters connected with 
this unfortunate country. 
Our means of transport decreased daily ; w^e 
had lost since the 2d, one camel, one mule, and 
four horses, and there was no possibility of pro- 
curing any at Kayaye 5 the camels left on the 
road by Bon-ama, had not yet come up, although 
we had despatched a man to bring them. Every 
thing, however, being ready, we fixed the 25th 
for our departure. 
