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JOURNEY FROM BOUSSA TO KANO. 
ance, from the large spreading and shady trees inside the town. 
The houses, some of which are built on the top of the blocks 
of granite which form the hill, are beautifully situated ; green 
plats, overhung by shady trees, growing out of the clefts of the 
rocks. 
Sunday, 2d. — Morning dull and cloudy. At 7. 30 A. M. left 
Curigie. The path through a woody country, with small cul- 
tivated spots here and there. The soil is red clay, mixed with 
sand and gravel, and diversified with gentle hill and dale. At 
one passed a town called Sabonque, apparently a favourite name 
m Ivashna from the number of that name. They till the ground 
for a considerable distance, and plant it with doura, millet, yams, 
and sweet potatoes. Close to the east of the town runs a small 
stream, which is now full and deep. We had to unload the 
bullocks and carry the baggage over ; a great many of them getting 
wet, and Pascoe lost my shot belt in the stream. In the evening 
we halted outside the walls of a town called Guber in Dushee. 
The head man, and the greater part of the inhabitants, were out 
of the town, at their plantations in the country, attending the 
growing grain ; we therefore could get nothing for man or beast 
but grass. Guber in Dushee, or “the rock without an equal,” is 
situated on a height, with several large blocks of granite, inside 
the walls, which are extensive : few houses are to be seen, except 
those situated on the highest ground. 
Monday, 3d. — At 7. 40 A. M. left Guber in Dushee wet and 
hungry. The country woody ; the path stony, wet, slippery, and 
cut up by deep ravines, through which run streams of water ; the 
descent and ascent dangerous to man and beast. As we approached 
Guari, the country became very hilly, and the path winding; the 
valleys began to be cultivated, and the road thronged with pas- 
sengers ; and on the sides of the road were the remains of camps 
