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other Galla; also Gololy, and Gingeevo, (a place I had named,) which 

 is close to them." He had never heard of cannibals. 



On inquiring about KafFa, he stated, that " the Bararata go to Moor- 

 kafa. Bararata is close to Habbusheea ; and all the same ; and they 

 do not fight. He knew three towns in Habbusheea, but on this side; 

 one of them, a small town, is called Kebong. Some Bararata go to 

 Habbusheea, taking with them ivory and gums (aloes, gum-arabic, 

 and myrrh, all which they call 'lubanum'), but not slaves; and 

 they bring back cloth, which is of the same description with that 

 of Brava." 



" He once accompanied a friend, on an excursion to kill elephants, 

 as far as Loocjaoon ; which is a large town. The inhabitants are free, 

 but among them are some slaves. A few are Muslims, and the rest 

 are KafFri. They have coarse manners, and they pay no regard to 

 the decencies of life. Men and women go naked, with the exception 

 of a girdle round the waist, and a skin cloak over the shoulder. The 

 men do not practise circumcision. They each carry two spears, and 

 they possess many horses. These people go every year to the beach, 

 which is about ten days distant in Hazaeen," or the Somali country. 

 When asked about Massowa, he "thought it was the other side, in 

 Juda country ; he had heard one man speak of it. A slave, now 

 living on the main land of Africa, was the only person about Zanzi- 

 bar besides himself, who had visited Bararata." 



M ' K u A F I, 



The M'Kuafi dwell in the Interior, to the west of Mombas, and 

 south of the proper Galla country. Tlie following information re- 

 specting them, was derived from young persons seen at Zanzibar: 

 where, according to the Arabs, slaves of this class were formerly 

 cheap and not much esteemed, but now bring high prices. 



A M'Kuafi girl stated, that "she had been captured by the Mussai; 

 who killed her father and mother, and who sold her to the Chaga. 

 She was twenty-five days in reaching the coast. Formerly, her na- 

 tion was powerful above others; so that one woman with a stick, 

 would stop a thousand persons from passing through the country, 

 unless a present was first made : but her people are broken ; and at 

 present they would not fight the M'Sigua." 



"Her people do not cultivate the ground, and they eat only milk 



