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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LIII. 
wide-spread nation, my informant described the 
Tura (whose chief is called Dirkema, being a native 
of Dfrki), the Debiri, or Dibbiri, (also spoken of by 
me on a former occasion), the U'nguma, and the K&- 
guwa. The Jetko or Jotko, who live along the 
kom&dugu, west from the town of Yo, he described 
to me as -identical with the Keleti, the very tribe 
which is repeatedly mentioned by the historian of 
Edris Alawoma. Thus we find in this district a 
very interesting group of fractions of former tribes 
who have here taken refuge from the destructive 
power of a larger empire. 
I took a long walk in the afternoon along the sheet 
of water, which was indented in the most picturesque 
manner, and was bordered all around with the richest 
vegetation, the trees belonging principally to the 
species called karage and baggaruwa. Further on 
dum palms became numerous ; and it was the more 
interesting to me, as I had visited this district, only 
a few miles further north, during the dry season. 
Guinea fowl were here so numerous that one could 
hardly move a step without disturbing a group of 
these lazy birds, which constitute one of the great- 
est delicacies of the traveller in these regions. A 
sportsman would find in these swampy forests not 
less interesting objects for his pursuits than the 
botanist ; for elephants, several species of antelopes, 
even including the oryx or tetel, nay, as it would 
seem, even the large addax, the wild hog, besides an 
unlimited supply of water fowl, Guinea fowl, and 
