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be able to get more than $1000, as the people in that district were very poor. The next morning we saw one way in which he collected his dues.

Twenty camels were requisitioned, and first one owner and then another redeemed his beast by from SI to §5, which went into the pocket of the bimbashi.

At last we managed to get two camels and continue our way. During our next march we passed a very nice village called Woad Derisa. Two hundred and forty slaves from Bornu had passed here the day before, and the fires in the camp where they had spent the night were still alight. From this village several small ranges of hills could be seen, Eahorea, M'rare, and Abou Hasab being the most prominent of them. Of these I give sketches.

The next three marches, through undulating land in some places thickly covered by dok'n, brought us to Shallota. We met Ibrahim Woad Lemen near this place ; he is the director of posts in this part of the province, and has to look after the herds of camels, their drivers, and above all, the water supply along the route. The road between Woad Derisa and Shallota is infested by lions, and Shallota is strongly hedged to protect the people and camels from their attacks. In nearly all these Arab villages there are great numbers of most vicious dogs, so that when walking a good stick is necessary. We saw