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About noon, arrived and halted at Quarrie, and immediately 
waited on the Gadado, to inform him of the robbery, and by whom 
I had every reason to suspect it was committed. lie promised to 
send off to the governor of Kano, and to desire him to have the 
people of Baebaegie searched ; and there was little doubt but that 
I would have my books restored. 
By the assistance of one of the Gadado’s principal officers and 
a near relation, I hired a bullock to carry my baggage to Soccatoo 
for 5000 cowries ; as, after the load had been removed from the 
back of the camel that was worn out, the poor creature was unable 
to rise, and was in consequence killed, and the carcass distributed 
among the poor. 
Thursday, 12th.— Morning clear. Having waited in vain for 
the stolen property until mid-day, I then started, and found that 
the bullock which had been hired for me was miserably thin, and 
had the itch very bad ; and that if offered for sale, it would not 
have brought me more than 3 or 4000 cowries. 
After leaving Quarrie, the road lay through plantations of mil- 
let and dourra. Passed through several villages and one walled 
town, also called Quarrie ; crossed the river F outchir, at a ford 
about four feet deep. The river was upwards of one hundred yards 
broad, and full of water, with a current of about two and a half or 
three miles an hour ; the banks low, sandy, and woody ; and here 
it is close to its junction with the river Quarrie, which is on our 
right, running to the north. W e travelled along its banks for an 
hour ; and after leaving it, the country became a succession of sandy 
ridges and swamps, and thick woods, the principal trees of which 
were the acacia and a mimosa. Both my bullocks and camel were 
fairly exhausted ; and I had to wait until these animals had got 
some rest, and until the heat of the day was over : the poor camel 
was unable to move. 
At sunset, no assistance arriving from the Gadado, and no mes- 
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