CHAP. IX.] 
PARTY RECALLED TO OREO. 
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Such were instances of life and recollections of 
Ibrahimawa, the Bornu. 
On June 16, Koorshid's people returned from Obbo. 
Ibrahim and a few men had remained there, and dis¬ 
trusting the warlike spirit of the Latookas, he now 
recalled the entire establishment from Tarrangolle, in¬ 
tending to make a station at the more peaceful country 
of Obbo. An extract from my journal on that day 
explains my feelings : “ This is most annoying ; I had 
arranged my camp and garden, &c. for the wet season, 
and I must now leave everything, as it is impossible 
to remain in this country with my small force 
alone; the natives have become so bad (since the 
cattle razzia) that a considerable armed party is 
obliged to go to the stream for water. It is remark¬ 
ably pleasant travelling in the vicinity of the traders; 
they convert every country into a wasp's nest;— 
they have neither plan of action nor determination, 
and I, being unfortunately dependent upon their move¬ 
ments, am more like a donkey than an explorer, 
that is saddled and ridden away at a moment's 
notice. About sixty natives of Obbo accompanied 
the men sent by Ibrahim to carry the effects;—I 
require at least fifty, as so many of my transport 
animals are dead." Nothing can exceed the laziness 
and dogged indolence of my men; I have only four 
