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Title: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa. From the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Bradley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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always follow close behind the commander, at what-ever rate he may pursue his march, but even his other camelsgenerally keep at a very short distance, and the best camels ofthe courtiers follow close behind. The village we had just reached was named Kakala, and isone of the most considerable places in the Musgu country. Alarge number of slaves had been caught this day, and in thecourse of the evening, after some skirmishing, in which threeBdrnu horsemen were killed, a great many more were broughtin ; altogether they were said to have taken one thousand, andthere were certainly not less than five hundred. To our utmosthorror, not less than one hundred and seventy full-grown menwere mercilessly slaughtered in cold blood, the greater part ofthem being allowed to bleed to death, a leg having beensevered from the body. Monday, December 2Wi. Soon after setting out from theplace of encampment we had to cross the ngaljam, which here,also, was thickly overgrown with rank grass, and the passage
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(272) CAMP ON FIRE. 273 of which was very difficult, owing to the countless holes causedby the footprints of the elephant. We then entered a denseforest, where I saw^ again, for the first time, ray old Hausa ac-quaintance, the kokia, a middle-sized tree with large leavesand with a fruit of the size of an apple, which at present wasgreen, but even when ripe is not edible. This tree, in thecourse of the expedition, I found to be very common in thewilds of this country. The unwarlike spirit of our large army became more appa-rent than ever by to-days proceedings, for a vigorous com-mander would certainly have accelerated his march throughthis forest, in order to take the enemy unawares ; but long be-fore noon a halt was ordered in the midst of the forest — cer-tainly against the inclination of the majority. There was agreat deal of indecision, and, in truth, there seemed to bemany who wished rather that the enemy should have time toescape than to incite him to make a desperate struggle

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