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arrived at Ibi on April 18, glad to be through with the 

 rather tedious journey up the Benue, and reahsing that we 



UMURU WITH A DWARF IN IBI MARKET 



had reached the jumping-ofE point whence our work would 

 commence in real earnest. 



Ibi is the capital of the Muri province, with a population 

 of 6000, of all sorts and of all tribes, who are drawn to this, 

 the central market of the Benue, from Bornu, Yola and the 

 tribes south of the river. As in the case of all towns that 



