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of Gulfei there is a large square where a spreading fig-tree 

 stands close to a fine mosque. Gulfei has a big market at 



A KOTOKO .MAN 



which gather Kanuri, Hausas, Arabs and traders from 

 Tripoli and Zinder who come this way to avoid the robber- 

 infested country to the north of Chad on their journey 

 eastward. 



The Kotokos, as far as their history is known, are the 

 aboriginal inhabitants of this country. They are the giants 



