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afar off, though in reality not very lofty. We passed 
the mount for two hours through a forest of dwarf 
trees ; the country still billowy, as it were. We 
advanced in all about eight hoars, braced by a plea- 
sant north-east wind. As we advanced we saw 
ostriches quietly feeding at no great distance, not 
heeding our caravan as it murmured by. Partridges 
rose as we advanced ; together with guinea-hens, 
blackbirds, crows, black and white, and several 
long-tailed flutterers. 
13th. — The morning was overcast, with cold 
wind. We started early, and made a long day of 
nine hours and a-half, and did not encamp until an 
hour after dark. Our course, as we ascended from 
Mount Boban Birni, was S. 3° E. The country 
still undulated through the same forest, which in 
many places was quite dense, whilst in others the 
trees were scattered. 
When we reached the camping-ground a plea- 
sant announcement was made. We were at length 
upon Bornou soil ! I could hardly believe my ears. 
Oh, marvel, after all our dangers and misgivings ! 
Thanks to Almighty God for deliverance from the 
hands of lawless tribes ! I shall never forget the 
sensation with which I learned that I was at length 
really in Bornou, and that the robber Tuarick was 
in very truth definitively left behind. 
Our encampment was near a little village of 
twenty huts, called Daazzenai, placed under a rock 
of red stone. The country of Damerghou, in this 
