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named Nambasa ; they run north and south. From Liffi itself a high double-peaked mountain, called Nasheka, and two others whose names I could not discover, can be seen.

Lifl& is a large fortified place, garrisoned by twentyfive regular and a hundred and fifty irregular troops ; and just at the time we arrived about eight hundred besingers, who had formerly served under Suleiman Bey, were there. We had very comfortable quarters given to us ; the large huts had windows, massive mud-walls a yard thick, and comfortable divans.

Mount Delgouna is visible from Liffi, and is estimated to be a day and a half's march distant. The statement that there is a Nyam Nyam colony there, as marked on some maps, was absolutely contradicted by the inhabitants of Lifii. Ali Agha, who has lived near there for twenty years, says that Nyam Nyams never lived in that district. This man, by the way, is a mighty elephant-hunter, and is very proud of an old elephant-gun, which is carried for him by two stalwart servants, turn and turn about, and with which he swore he has shot hundreds of elephants. This may be a slight exaggeration, but he is a splendid shot with any gun. We found him a fine, straightforward man ; he had command of two hundred and fifty more irregular troops, who were added to our escort here. We stayed at Liffi for three days, and, after our fatiguing marches, we were glad of the rest. On the