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400 ; Kazaure, about 200. But we have seen to 
what a state Zanfara is at present reduced, while the 
curious manner in which Kebbi is portioned out be- 
tween the rulers of Sokoto and Gando* cannot fail to 
cause a great deal of jealousy and controversy between 
the two courts, at the very centre of power ; and as 
for A'damawa, there are still so many hostile ele- 
ments in the interior of that half-subdued province, 
that it is impossible to withdraw from thence a par- 
ticle of its home force ; nay, even the province of 
Kano is so harassed and distracted by the continual 
inroads of the governor of Khacleja, that the ruler of 
that province is scarcely able to send a few hundred 
horsemen to join the army of his liege lord. We 
have seen how that same rebel governor of Khadeja 
repeatedly defeated a numerous host taken from al- 
most all the provinces of the empire, which had been 
sent against him ; and we shall see what were the in- 
glorious manceuvrings of 'Aliyu himself, when he led 
out, in person, his army against the enemy during my 
stay in Wurno, of which I shall now proceed to give 
a short diary. 
Monday Having entered my quarters in the dark, 
April 4th. I h a( } 110 id ea 0 f their character ; and it was 
not till the following day that I became aware of 
it. They consisted, as shown in the accompanying 
wood-cut, of a spacious courtyard containing nothing 
but a clay building, which comprised two apart- 
* See Appendix IV. 
