Chap. LX. 
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Niger, in favour of a northerly and very circuitous 
road by way of Yagha.* But I was disappointed in 
the hope of corresponding with Europe by means of 
this man. The letter which I gave to him, and which 
I had already written in Say, never reached its desti- 
nation, for El Wakhshi succumbed to disease in cross- 
ing the province of Niipe in the height of the rainy 
season, before reaching Kano. 
On leaving this desolate residence of the Wednesday, 
chief of the Torobe, reduced to an entangled June 29th * 
thicket, we passed the encampment, or zango, of the 
Giiro caravan, which, as is generally the case, con- 
sisted of small round huts, erected for the occasion 
with branches and rank grass. The caravan consisted 
of about one hundred individuals, with a couple of 
hundred of asses, which form the usual beasts of bur- 
den of these native travellers. Scarcely a mile beyond 
the town we had again to cross a river which, bordered 
* The principal stations of this interesting route, at a very slow 
rate, are the following, starting from Yendi : — 
1 day. Kana, still on the great high-road to Komba. 
5 days. Natongo, a village inhabited by Dagomba. 
5 „ Wolawola, a large place inhabited partly by pagans, 
partly by Mohammedans, and dependent on Yendi. 
10 „ Beri, a large place belonging to Mosi. 
3 „ Another Mosi place, the residence of a powerful officer 
of the chief of Woghodogho, to whom these native 
travellers give the title of Yerima. 
1 day. Salugu, a market-place, residence of a governor. 
1 „ Belussa, a large place of Mosi, to be mentioned also in 
other itineraries. 
7 days. Libtugu, a small Gurma village. 
1 day. Yagha. 
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