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been driven back with the loss of twenty-two horses. 
Meanwhile the sultan himself, with his sluggish 
host of cavalry, instead of attacking the G6berawa, 
who already, before we left Katsena, had taken the 
field with a numerous army, was said to be sta- 
tioned in Katiiru. He had been joined by the 
governor of Zariya in person, while Kan6 had sent 
only the ghaladima with the whole of their cavalry. 
From Katiiru, 'Aliyu with his army, after some 
useless delay, betook himself to Kauri-n-Namoda, 
whence we received news on the 11th, the Goberawa 
having meanwhile taken up a strong position in front 
of him, without being able to induce him to offer 
them battle. The dread of these effeminate conquerors 
for the warlike chief of the Goberawa, the son of Ya~ 
kiiba, is almost incredible. He has ruled since 1836, 
and, the preceding year, had roused the whole of 
the indigenous population of the various provinces 
to a struggle for their national and religious inde- 
pendence against the ruling tribe. This dread of him 
has been carried so far, that they have quite obli- 
terated his real name, calling him only Mayaki, or 
" the warrior.'' While 'Aliyu was stationed at Kauri- 
n-Namoda, and part of his army was in Dankarba, 
the A'zena made an attack upon Kaya, a town situ- 
ated at a day's distance from the former place. 
But the whole condition of the county, to the west 
as well as to the east, was most deplorable ; and three 
native merchants, of the Zoromawa or Zoghoran, 
when speaking about my projected journey towards 
