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Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 3 (of 5) : $b being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855Barth, Heinrich

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Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 3 (of 5) : $b being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855

Name: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 3 (of 5) : $b being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855
Author: Barth, Heinrich

Barth, Heinrich

Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, North -- Description and travel

CHAP. XLI.

  Shitáti. — The Eastern, more favoured, Valleys of Kánem             81

Bír el Ftáim. — The Fugábú. — Projects frustrated. — Kárká and the
Keghámma. — Elephant’s Track. — Bóro. — Bérendé. — Towáder. — Beautiful
Vale. — Preparations for Attack. — Left behind. — Regularly-formed
Valley. — Hénderi Síggesí. — Attack by the Natives. — Much Anxiety. —
Join our Friends. — Encampment at Áláli Ádia. — Visited by the
Keghámma. — Camp taken. — Restless Night. — Fine Vale Tákulum. — Vales
of Shitáti. — Return to the principal Camp. — Wádáy Horsemen. — Set out
on return to Kúkawa. — Departure from Kánem. — Alarms. — The Komádugu
again. — Return to Kúkawa.

                              CHAP. XLII.

  Warlike Preparations against Mándará                               118

Set out on another Expedition. — The Camp, or Ngáufate. — The _Chef
de Police_ Lamíno. — Army in motion. — Lamíno again. — Major
Denham’s Adventure. — The Town of Márte. — Ála. — Encampment at Díkowa.
— Firearms and Civilization. — Slavery and Slave-trade. — The Shúwa. —
The Interior of Díkowa. — Industry. — Banks of the Yálowe. — Cotton
Plantations. — The Camp Market. — Friendly Services. — Important
Information. — Háj Edrís.

                              CHAP. XLIII.

  The Border-region of the Shúwa                                     149

News from Mándará. — Áfagé. — Thieves forced to Fight. — The Sweet
Sorghum. — Variations of Temperature. — Shallow Watercourses. —
Subjection of Mándará. — Extensive Rice-fields. — Hard Ground. —
Elephants. — The Court of Ádishén. — The Army on the March. — The
Súmmoli. — The Army badly off. — Entering the Músgu Country. — Industry
pillaged. — Native Architecture. — Affinity of the Músgu. — Their chief
Places. — The Adventurous Chieftain. — Ádishén. — Christmas Events.

                              CHAP. XLIV.

  The Country of the Shallow Rivers. — Water-parting between
  the Rivers Bénuwé and Shárí                                        186

The Deléb-palm. — New Features. — Worship of Ancestors. — Cut off from
the Army. — Spoil and Slaughter. — Alarm and Cowardice. — Músgu
Weapons. — The Túburi not attacked. — Ngáljam of Démmo. — Destruction.
— New Year. — Pagan Chiefs and Priests. — Fine Landscape. — The River
of Logón. — Singular Water-combat. — The Túburi and their Lake. — The
Swampy Character of the Ngáljam. — The River again. —
Water-communication. — Plucky Pagans. — Balls and Stones. —
Consequences of Slave-hunts. — Penetrating Southward.

                               CHAP. XLV.

  Return to Bórnu                                                    229

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