TRAVELS  AND   DISCOVERIES

                  IN



             AFRICA.
 

               CHAPTER XXII.



 SEPARATION OF THE TRAVELLERS. — THE BORDER DISTRICTS OF

    THE INDEPENDENT PAGAN CONFEDERATION. --TASAWA.



The important  day had arrived  when    Friday>

we were to separate not only  from each Jan-10th'185L

other, but also from the old chief A'nnur, upon whom

our  fortunes  had  been dependent for so  long  a

period.  Having concealed his real intentions till the

very last moment, he at length, with seeming reluc¬

tance, pretended  that he was  going first to Zinder.

He  confided me,  therefore, to the care of his brother

Elaiji, a most amiable old man, only a year younger

than himself, but of a very different  character, who

was to take the  lead of the salt-caravan to Kano;

and he promised me that I should arrive there  in

safety.

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