. Zu Pferd durch Nigeria; oder, Leben und Reisen im zentralen Sudan . rote Teile des Wassers und umgab die Stämme des Schilf und der Seerosen. Das Wasser war flach und nicht mehr als drei Füßtiefen, und der Boden war mit dicken Braunglamm voller Wurzeln und Blätter bedeckt, während viele Klumpsen von Schilf und Binsen und maria-Busch von der Oberfläche des Wassers projiziert und leider versperrte adistant Blick. Hin und wieder zerren die Budumas die bollige Wurzel eines Schilfs oder einer Lilie, die sie mit Genuss verzehrt haben, aber ich konnte mich nicht überzeugen, die Delikatesse zu probieren. Sie informierten mich auch, dass du

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. On horseback through Nigeria; or, Life and travel in the central Sudan . red portions of the water and surroundedthe stems of the reeds and the water-lilies. Thewater was shallow and not more than three feetdeep, and the bottom was covered with thick brownmud full of roots and leaves, while many clumpsof reeds and rushes and maria-bush projected fromthe surface of the water and sadly obstructed adistant view. Now and then the Budumas pulledup the bulbous root of a reed or lily, which theydevoured with relish, but I could not persuademyself to sample the delicacy. They informed mealso that during the past month the water of thelake had fallen greatly, and that in the season, when the water is high, the grass and reeds arecompletely covered and sometimes even the maria-bush is broken down. From the western shore con-tinuous water can then be seen stretching! away tothe east as far as one can see, whereas at presentthe really open water was in the middle of thelake, far away from the western shore. My people told me also that the water at the margin of the 196. The Ancient Kingdom of Bornu lake amongst the reeds was faintly salt and thewater where we went in the canoes still less so, while the Budumas informed me that all the waterof the lake at this season was very slightly saline.I could not taste any salt in the water myself afterit had been boiled and filtered ; but in the detectionof small quantities of salt or alkali in water I aminclined to trust a black mans palate much morereadily than my own. After sailing about for an hour on the waters ofChad in the peculiar craft of the lake-dwellers, Ihad the canoe drawn in again amongst the reeds, and reached the shore in a similar manner to that bywhich I had made my entrance to the lake. The sunwas now at its hottest, and in the absence of shadytrees the carriers were sheltering themselves undercloths and mats. I had my boxes piled in tiersand an awning made with a canvas sheet, but Ihad no sooner seated myself in the s

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