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back to the tent, where, to his intense grief, he expired 
at once, without a groan or any sign of suffering. Clap- 
perton lost no time in asking the governor’s permission 
to bury his comrade; and this being obtained, he dug a 
grave for him himself under an old mimosa-tree near one 
of the gates of the town. After the body had been 
washed according to the custom of the country, it was 
wrapped in some of the turban shawls which were to 
have served as presents on the further journey ; the 
servants carried it to its last resting-place, and Clapperton 
read the English burial-service at the grave. When the 
ceremony was over, he surrounded the modest resting- 
place with a wall of earth, to keep off beasts of prey, and 
had two sheep killed, which he divided amongst the 
poor. 
Thus closed the career of the young naturalist and 
ship’s doctor, Oudney. His terrible malady, whose 
germs he had brought with him from England, had 
prevented him from rendering so much service to the 
expedition as the Government had expected from him, 
although he never spared himself, declaring that he felt 
better on the march than when resting. Knowing that 
his weakened constitution would not admit of any 
sustained exertion on his part, he would never damp the 
ardour of his companions. 
After this sad event, Clapperton resumed his journey 
to Kana, halting successively at Digou, situated in a 
well - cultivated district, rich in flocks ; Katoungora, 
beyond the province of Katagoum; Zangeia, once— 
judging from its extent and the ruined walls still 
standing—an important place, near the end of the 
Douchi chain of hills ; Girkoua, with a finer market-place 
than that of Tripoli ; and Souchwa, surrounded by an 
imposing earthwork. 
Kano, the Ghana of Edrisi and other Arab geo¬ 
graphers, and the great emporium of the kingdom of 
Houssa, was reached on the 20th January. 
Clapperton tells us that he had hardly entered the 
gates before his expectations were disappointed; after 
the brilliant description of the Arabs, he had expected 
