Chap. XL1I. THE SHU'WA. 
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the father of the present vizier, who belonged to 
the tribe of the Salamat, attained the highest de- 
gree of power and influence in the country. In 
Waday again, even at the present time, they are 
treated very badly. 
Of Kaniiri people, besides a few smaller bodies of 
troops, only two officers, or kashellas, ' Ali Marghi and 
Jerma, were wanting. All the officers and bodies of 
troops on this side of the komadugu of B6rnu, the so- 
called Yeou, were collected together, the only excep- 
tion being Kashella Manzo, my hospitable host in 
Zurrikulo, whose presence at his post was required 
on account of the Tawarek ; for, as regards the officers 
and chiefs of the provinces on the other side of the 
komadugu, nobody is required to take part in these 
expeditions of the sheikh, every officer remaining at 
his post, except when his master enters upon a war 
in his own quarters. 
While the encampment itself presented consider- 
able interest, as being the temporary abode of so many 
people, the town of Dikowa, near which we were en- 
camped, seemed well deserving some attention, as 
having been repeatedly the residence of the rulers of 
the country, and being still one of the largest towns 
in the kingdom. I therefore paid a visit to it in the 
afternoon of the second day of our stay, being accom- 
panied by my friend Billama. We entered the town 
by the western gate ; and I saw that the walls were 
about thirty feet high and terraced on the inside like 
those of the capital, and of considerable breadth at 
