ya'uri. — zabe'ema. 547 
2nd. A hamlet of the Kambari. 
3rd. Kota-n-koro, a place larger than Zinder, under the 
dominion of Katsena, with a daily market. 
ZABE'RMA. 
The province of Zaberma, or Zerma (Jerma) is bordered 
towards the south-west by the Niger : towards the south by 
the province of Dendina and the district of Tamkala ; and 
towards the south-east by the province of Mauri. Its north - 
ern, or rather north-western, border cannot be well defined 
with the insufficient knowledge which we possess of that 
quarter ; although thus much is clear, that the district of 
I'mmanan, which lies between the former and Kidal, the 
province of the Debbakal, or the Benti Sekki, is to be 
sought for in that neighbourhood. It is inhabited by a race 
of Songhay and Tawarek, but, apparently, of a degraded and 
mixed character, who give to the country, or at least to the 
eastern portion of the province, the name Cheggazar, which 
however seems to attach to one locality in particular ; the 
people of this tract appear to have a chief of their own 
named Hatta. The country, with the exception of one or two 
open places, appears scarcely to have any centres of a settled 
population ; and the chief interest attaching to it seems to 
be the broad valley, rich in natron, which intersects the pro- 
vince. (See Itineraries in the note.*) The trees most 
* 1. — Itinerary from Augi, along a winding track, by way of 
Mauri and Zaberma, to Tamkala. 
1st day. Kokoshe. 
2nd. Dambugel, belonging to the territory of Mauri or A'rewa. 
3rd. Dammana. 
4th. Karakara, at the western frontier of A'rewa. 
5th. Fergeza, village of elephant-hunters, the first place (mafari) 
of Zaberma. 
6th. Tembekire. 
7th. Doso, open capital of Zaberma ; residence of Daud, son 
of Hammam Bakara, during the period of my journey 
independent. Beside him, there seems to be another 
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