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brethren in the more western province of Zaberma 
use their own idiom at the present time almost ex- 
clusively. 
On the other hand, foremost among those tribes 
who have been entirely absorbed by the community 
of the Fiilbe are the Torode or Torunkawa, who, 
although they are considered as the most noble por- 
tion of the population in most of the kingdoms 
founded by the Fulbe, yet evidently owe their origin 
to a mixture of the Jolof element with the ruling 
tribe *, and in such a manner that, in point of 
numbers, the former enjoyed full superiority in the 
amalgamation ; but it is quite evident that, even if we 
do not take into account the Torode, the Jolof have 
entered into the formation of the remarkable tribe 
of the Fulbe or Fiila, in a very strong proportion, 
although the languages of these two tribes at present 
are so distinct, especially as far as regards gram- 
matical structure ; and it is highly interesting that 
A'hmed Baba (who, by occasional hints, allows us to 
form a much better idea of the progress of that tribe, 
in its spreading over tracts so immense, than we 
were able to obtain before we became acquainted 
with his history of Sudan) intimates distinctly that 
he regards the Jolof as belonging to the great stock 
* It is, however, remarkable that, according to Sultan Bello's 
account, in a passage not translated by Silame, the original idiom 
of the Torode was the Wakoro or Wakore, which, if it be true, 
would render the Torode the near kinsfolk of the Sissilbe. 
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