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an aged mother, who no doubt looked on her 
son as one risen from the dead. 
We tasted some drink made from honey and 
millet, somewhat like mead ; but from its acidity, 
acquired by fermentation, and the non use of bit- 
ters in its composition, it had a very unpleasant 
effect on the stomach. 
Having purchased here six asses, we started 
at six o'clock in the forenoon of the 13th, and 
entered the wilderness, through which we tra- 
velled at a smart pace to the east until near mid- 
day, when we came to a watering place in an 
open space in the woods, which bore evident 
marks of inundation during the rains, and was 
said to be the resort of large herds of elephants, 
which come thither in search of water. This 
was evidently the case, as their foot-tracks were 
visible in all directions ; indeed, one of our 
men, who had gone some distance from the 
path, said he had seen two of them. 
A town belonging to Woolli formerly stood 
here ; but little or no proof of its having ever ex- 
isted now remained. We however took advan- 
tage of the only one, namely, the shade of the 
large trees which are in or near all the towns we 
have seen in Africa. It is called Sabee Looroo. 
As the distance from this last place to the 
frontier of Bondoo was destitute of water, and 
