le hut made of
this material, and nicely thatched; the door is composed of some thin
strips of the leaves of the palm, which, as you enter, give way, and
then return to their place, just as would a curtain. In this way the air
always plays freely into the hut, murmuring sometimes between these
fragments of leaves.

I have felt much less fatigue since I mounted the camel, although I have
made the longest day upon it that has been made since we left Zinder. I
recommend to all travellers the camel in the desert, or in Soudan. I
believe the ill-health of the former expedition was much increased by
always riding horses. Thank God, my strength still keeps up.

Taking Gusumana as a centre, we have around it several towns and
villages. Thisi, one hour west; Gajemmi, one long day north-west; Parum,
one hour east-south-east; Kadellebua, two hours south-west; Garua, one
hour east; Gogora, two hours east; and, finally, in our road, Kanggarua,
two days south-east. The town of Gajemmi is inhabited by the tribe of
Duggera; but the Kaid of this village pretends they are not Tuaricks. He
means, probably, not the same as the Tuaricks of Ashen. It is quite
clear that these Daggera inhabit all the northern line of Bornou, from
Zinder to Kuka; skirting, in fact, all the left of our route. They join
the Damerghou territory, and thus extend from that province west to
Kanem, and the route of Bornou east. The Tuaricks are ever located on
the confines of the desert. Here they roam free, and rob and plunder
where they have opportunity, or when the princes of Bornou and Soudan
cannot check them.

Our people gnaw the doom fruit, but it is just like gnawing the bark of
a tree, slightly flavoured with some aroma. They begin to eat them from
childhood, and so keep on, as the gour-nuts are chewed by children; and
so the taste is sucked in with their mother's milk. The gour-nut,
however, is something, whilst the doom fruit is mere wood. The tree,
nevertheless, is green, and in waving forests delightfully relieves this
hot, burning, African landscape.

The portion of the caravan consisting of bullocks is always much later
than the rest; to-day they were four hours after us. I consider that the
hours we now go are at least two and a-half or three English miles in
length, as we advance at a speed quite equal to a horse walking at a
good pace; nay, I might say, some hours we make three and a-half English
miles.

The following are the names of the brot