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matters it? — There is no God" (looking up, and 
saying Babo Allah !) This has had its effect once 
or twice, and he has confessed it is not so very fine 
to kill people with poisoned arrows. 
Evening came on, but I heard nothing of water. 
We are encamped near a small hill. I looked 
to-day again attentively at our strings of camels. 
Instead of five thousand, I do not believe there are 
more than five hundred. We have few people with 
us in comparison with the number of camels, and 
these are many of them slaves of the masters who 
are remaining behind in Aheer. The disturbed 
state of the country has prevented many persons of 
consequence from joining us. To-day, my mahadee 
brought me an ear of ghaseb, of immense length — 
about three times the length of the ghaseb grown in 
Ghadamez and other oases of the Sahara ; nine times 
the leno'th of an ear of wheat. This was found 
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growing on the road, and intimates that we are 
approaching Soudan very fast. I also picked up 
to-day camomile flowers and the senna-plant. 
Explanation of Soudan and Bornou common 
words for articles of dress, food, instruments for 
manufacturing : — 
Jehus, leathern bag. 
Foofoo, paste of Indian corn. 
Bouza, a species of beer. In Waura, near the 
western coast, it is made of guinea-corn, honey, 
Chili pepper, a root of coarse grass ; in Kanou and 
Wadai" it is made of only ghaseb and honey, and is 
