CHAPTER XLI.

SHITÁTI—THE EASTERN, MORE FAVOURED, VALLEYS OF KÁNEM 526

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 Adia—Visited by the Keghámma—Camp taken—Restless Night—Fine Vale Tákulum—Vales of Shitáti—Return to the Principal Camp—Wadáÿ Horsemen—Set out on Return to Kúkawa—Departure from Kánem—Alarms—The Komádugu again—Return to Kúkawa.