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ness, and for this very reason is esteemed exceed- 
ingly well adapted for cattle-breeding. The frontiers 
of the three different provinces or territories (viz. 
Kebbi, Gober, and A'dar) join in this corner ; and 
this is the reason that, while Sokoto is regarded as 
lying within the borders of the province of Kebbi, 
Wurno is considered as belonging to the conquered 
territory of the province of Gober ; while just beyond 
the gulbi-n-rima, in a northerly direction, the pro- 
vince of A'dar or Tadlar commences. 
But, to return to my first promenade round Wurno, 
having surveyed the broad dry valley of the gulbi, 
we turned round the precipitous cliffs over which 
winding paths lead up to the town, and, having 
skirted for a while a small branch or koramma which 
further on turns away, we kept along the eastern side 
of the town, and re-entered the place from the south- 
eastern corner^ through the gate by which we had made 
our first entrance. On the following page the reader 
will find a woodcut which will serve to show its situ- 
ation much better than any description could do. 
Meanwhile the town became more and more de- 
serted ; and on the 7th of April, Alhattu and 'Omar, 
or Ghomaro, the two brothers of the ghaladima, with 
numbers of other people, went to join the expedition: 
but these fighting men, with a few exceptions, care 
only about their bodily comfort, and for a few 
M goriye " or Kola nuts would be willing to sell the 
whole of their military accoutrements. It was a 
great matter with these warriors, that, while the old 
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