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zenne, manufactured in Gando itself, and bought 
there for 1050, sold here for 2000. Of course all 
depends, in this respect, upon the momentary state 
of the intercourse of this quarter with Hausa ; 
and, at the present time almost all communication 
with that manufacturing province being interrupted, 
it is easy to explain how an article produced in 
Gando could realize such a per-centage in a town 
at so short a distance from that place — a state of 
things which cannot form the general rule. At 
any rate for the English, or Europeans in general, 
Say is the most important place in all this tract of 
the river, if they ever succeed in crossing the rapids 
which obstruct the river above Rabba and especially 
between Biisa and Yaiiri, and reaching this fine open 
sheet of water, the great highroad of Western Cen- 
tral Africa. The traffic of the natives along the river 
is not inconsiderable, although even this branch of 
industry has naturally suffered greatly from the re- 
bellious state of the adjacent provinces, more espe- 
cially those of Zaberma and Dendina ; so that, at 
present, boats did not go further down the river 
than Kirotashi, an important place situated about 
fifteen miles lower down, on the western bank, 
while in the opposite direction, up the river, there 
was constant intercourse as far as Kindaji, with which 
place I made myself sufficiently acquainted on my 
return journey. 
About noon the second day of my stay here, I 
paid a visit to the governor of the town. His name 
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