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themselves on being the most polite and the best in IPoussa, calling 
all the rest infidels. Pie, to make up the peace, left me in pos- 
session of the house, and ordered his servants to get food for my 
people, horse, and camels. I suffered severely during the night 
with ague and cramp. 
Monday, 28th. — Morning clear. As I did not intend starting 
early, on account of last night’s illness and the people getting the 
wet things dry, at ten the governor of Kano’s messenger arrived, 
whom I had sent to the Gadado, with a request from him that I 
would stop for the day and he would meet me, as he intended halting 
at Jaza. At 11 A. M. the Gadado arrived, with a numerous train of 
attendants on horseback and on foot. The horsemen armed with 
spears, swords, and shields ; the foot with swords, bows, and arrows. 
The women were behind ; some riding on horseback a-straddle, some 
on camels, others, less fortunate, were walking, and carrying the 
gourds and kitchen utensils. As he passed my house I went out 
to see him : he had four long trumpets and a pipe, like the pipe 
of a bagpipe, and two drums before him. When he came up he 
dismounted, and taking me by the hand, we walked, hand in hand, 
to the house prepared for him. Pie inquired kindly after my health, 
and how I had found my friends in England ; said Bello had received 
my letter from Koolfu, in Nyffe, and had sent a messenger there to 
bring me up : he said he had never received my letter from Bornou 
appointing where his messengers were to meet me on the coast, 
neither had he received the one sent from Katagum. The Gadado 
advised me to return to Kano with him, as the roads were so very 
bad ahead ; that to such a small party as mine it would be impos- 
sible to get through ; that he would have sent to the governor of 
Adamowa, but he was already five days’ journey ahead of me, and 
no messenger could overtake him before he got to Soccatoo ; that 
it would be better both for my health and comfort to go and re- 
turn with him after the rains, and that I should want for nothing. 
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