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abundant crops of ripe corn, and exceedingly populous. The nu¬ 
merous clustering villages, consisting of from four to ten neat square 
houses, their whitened walls, interspersed here and there with willows, 
and the river winding amongst them, were all together happily con¬ 
trasted with the stiff sterility of the adjacent hills. The weather was 
clear and serene; and, although the sun shone with its brightest lustre, 
its warmth, even at noon, was not uncomfortable. 
About this time we had arrived at Dongzee, a large village, under 
the jurisdiction of an officer from Lassa ; and we halted in an extensive 
grove upon its borders., where we found some tents already pitched. 
While we waited here to refresh our cattle, we made an ample repast, 
that gave us fresh spirits to pursue our journey, which we continued, 
without any remarkable occurrence, until near sunset, when we arrived 
at Dukque, sixteen miles from Tehukku, and pitched our tents for 
the night. 
Our next day’s journey lay within sight of the river all the way, 
which ran in a smooth stream, sometimes round the foot of the hills, 
and sometimes through the centre of the valley, but it was now no 
longer fordable. I saw a boat, placed on its end, in one of the villages, 
for occasional use, which might easily be carried on the back of the 
passenger. It was composed chiefly of leather, and consisted of a rude 
skeleton of wood, with thwarts and ribs, over which a bull’s hide was 
stretched. It appeared to be exactly similar to that kind of boat, which, 
under the name of coricle*, still continues in use on the Wye, and per¬ 
haps on some other of our English rivers; and it brought forcibly to 
a See Beloe’s Herodotus, Vol. I. p. 195. 
