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where we subsist entirely upon fish, to which 
they attribute the whiteness of our skins. He 
pressed me much to spend a few days with him, 
and, as an inducement, said he would make his 
wives and daughters exert their musical and 
dancing abilities to amuse me, but my time was 
too precious to be spent in amusements. 
Having made Safere a small present in ac- 
knowledgement of his attention to our wants, 
we left Kirrijou at four o'clock on the morning 
of the 24th of March, and travelled north, 
through corn-grounds, until half after five, on 
the road leading to JafFnoo, when we turned 
off to the right, and continued marching due 
east through a wood without any path until two 
P.M., at which hour we reached Moonia, the 
residence of Bojar, and the place named by Mo" 
diba for our halt. The animals were all very 
much fatigued, particularly the camels, owing 
to the excessive heat of the day and the rough- 
ness of the latter part of our path, which lay 
over hilly and broken ground covered with 
sharp loose stones ; in fact, ten hours' march is 
too much for either man or animals in that 
country, particularly during the heat of the 
day. 
Bojar who accompanied us from Kirrijou, fur- 
