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by a more southerly road turning from this point west- 
ward to Niiggera, it seemed more prudent to en- 
deavour to get out of the range of the dominion of the 
Fulbe, in order not to be at the mercy of the chief of 
Hamda-Allahi, who certainly could not but be hostile 
to my intention of reaching Timbuktu. And it seems 
not to be out of place to mention here, that this 
very Niiggera, — a hamlet of some note, as being the 
residence of learning and holiness, — was the point 
from which the founder of the dynasty of Harnda- 
Allahi started. 
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