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habitants of these villages were mostly Fellatas, who take care 
of Yarro’s cattle. The road very winding, diversified by gentle 
hill and dale ; the soil red clay and gravel, with rocks and stones 
here and there, of a gritty sandstone, with large square pebbles of 
quartz. At 1 1. 40 A. M. halted at the village of Bonaga, where I 
got a good house; and I found Yarro had sent forward two goats 
and a large quantity of yams, which I shared out to the carriers of 
the baggage. The day was excessively hot, and it was late before 
all the baggage came up. The head man of the village sent me 
three large bowls of foo-foo, with goats' flesh dressed in the skin, 
which is the saving way of this country, nothing being thrown 
away but the hoofs and horns. Just as I was going to bed in the 
evening, Abubecker, who by Yarro’s order had accompanied me, 
to see me safe on my journey, came running into my room in his 
shirt, apparently in a great fright, and said the men had run away 
who were engaged to carry the baggage, and he must ride into the 
town to bring them back. I thanked him, and said I hoped he 
would make haste. He waited a little ; and I suspected he wanted 
to draw a present out of me, though I had given him more than 
any other person in Kiama except Yarro. 
Sunday, 19th. — At daybreak I had everything ready for starting, 
but the manoeuvring of old Abubecker kept me until 7. 80 A.M. ; and 
even then I had to give three yards of blue cloth and several strings 
of beads before I could get the baggage off. After starting, our road 
was through a thickly wooded country of fine tall trees, with little 
underwood, the country rising into gentle hill and dale, and the 
path very winding. At 10 we fell in with the Houssa caravans. 
They occupied a long line of march : bullocks, asses, horses, women, 
and men, to the amount of a thousand, all in a line, after one 
another, forming a very curious sight ; a motley groupe, from the 
nearly naked girls and men carrying loads, to the ridiculously and 
gaudily dressed Gonja traders, riding on horseback, some of these 
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