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one died shortly after our arrival, and the re- 
mainder looked very sickly. We halted under 
some large trees on the side of a considerable 
gully or ravine, having a mud bottom, at that 
time dried up, but which, during the rains, was 
the bed and course of a torrent running to the 
ssw. 
The supply of rice we brought from Kayaye 
was here exhausted, with the exception of a few 
pints, and we had not as yet been able to pro- 
cure a sufficiency of either cous cous or meal to 
make a full allowance, for two days. The only 
provisions we could find here was a little milk 
and some fowls. 
One of the camels, having every appearance 
of approaching death, was killed, and the meat 
made use of by our men. We tasted it, and 
found it as good as any beef we could procure. 
This gave a sufficiency for the day. 
The chief of the town called on us in the af- 
ternoon, and told us that he had received direc- 
tions from Almamy to provide us with some 
corn, which he was ready to deliver ; but, as it 
was not in a state to be made use of, we request- 
ed him to have it converted into cous cous and 
meal, which he undertook to have done. The 
necessity we were under of waiting for this sup- 
ply, and the loss of three of our camels by death, 
since our arrival here, obliged us to make a halt. 
