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unarmed, accompanied by his little boy ; they were both of them 
black, and very thinly clad, and were very grateful on being pre- 
sented with a small piece of tobacco. 
" We saw here two large trees of the sycamore fig, being about 
nineteen feet in girth at their bases ; out of the sides of the larger 
boughs were growing great bunches of figs, which, however, were for 
the most part devoured by the black ants before they were ripe: a 
species of Asclepias also grows here in great abundance, as indeed it 
does all the way from Arkeko ; of its wood the inhabitants make 
handles for their knives and swords. We remained at Tubbo, enjoy- 
ing the grateful coolness of its shade, till half past five, and then it 
was not without difficulty that I prevailed on our people to go 
another stage. Our road still continued along the bed of the 
torrent ; but besides the trees already mentioned, the tamarind now 
began to make its appearance : we also saw several monkeys on the 
hills ; they were chiefly of three species ; one was the kind 
common at Mocha; another was distinguished by its large size, and 
white hair on the head and beard ; the third was much smaller 
than the others, and had a white beard, and white rings on the 
tail. We also saw the rock rabbit, which appeared to be like the 
Ashkoko of Bruce. In less than an hour we arrived at Illilah (Lila 
of Bruce), where we took up our quarters for the night under a tree, 
without taking the trouble to pitch the tent, there being no appear- 
ance of rain. We slept unmolested by wild beasts, and undisturbed 
by noise oi any kind, but found the air very cold towards morning, 
especially during the strong gusts of wind which came down at 
intervals from the hills. Our computed distance from Sadoon was 
eight miles. The thermometer at 5 A. M. was 7 7°. 
