THE TOMBO. — DUNCAN'S ROUTE, 553 
I now proceed to give the itineraries illustrating the geo- 
graphy of Gurma and Mosi. But I must first say a word 
about Mr. Duncan's route from Abome to Ada-fudia*, or, as he 
writes, Adda-foodia, which will be found to coincide partly 
with the region here described by myself. This route of 
Mr. Duncan will be found in course of time to contain a 
few gross mistakes, to say the least. It is quite impossible 
for an African traveller to go over such distances in so short 
a time as Mr. Duncan did, who one day counts his journey 
at not less than forty -four miles. f It is not clear from his 
journal whether the population of the places visited by him 
be Mandingo or Fulfulde; although it appears to be evi- 
dent from certain hints which he throws out, that he supposes 
it to consist of these two elements J, but in reality the more 
northern part of the route travelled over by him is entirely 
inhabited by native tribes. Supposing the population of the 
country thus traversed consisted of Fellata or Fulbe, it seems 
very unlikely that these people, who are so suspicious, should 
allow a traveller to hurry on at this rate, without any stop- 
pages. Moreover, I doubt very much whether in any of the 
countries hereabout dromedaries and elephants will be found 
tamed, such as Duncan found in Sogbo ; and whether the 
sugar-cane and the oil-palm grow there. I have not been 
* Duncan's Travels. 
f Vol. ii. p. 82. From BafFo to Zafoora. " I had travelled 
forty-four miles (in one day), almost without halting." A still 
greater rate of travelling occurs p. 145. 
J Duncan says (vol. ii. p. 96) that the Niger appears to be 
known here only by the name Joleeba, not Joliba. Whatever the 
form, that name is Mandingo : nevertheless, he states the popu- 
lation expressly to belong to the Fellata (or Fulbe). The latter, 
from what he says (pp. 109 and 126), seem to hold the dominion 
of the country ; but none of the names which he gives belong to 
that language. Then the customs do not agree at all with such a 
state of society, neither the peto (pp. 101, 116, 119), nor the pro- 
stration (pp. 104, 111, 151, 155, 160, 173). 
