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which is in reality nothing but a widening of the 
upper part of the mayo Kebbi. 
It is very probable that from this place there may 
be some other shallow watercourse, proceeding to 
join the large ngaljam of Demmo, so that there 
would exist a real bifurcation between the basin 
of the Niger and that of the Ts&d. But even if 
this should not be the case, the breadth of the 
water-parting between these two basins at the ut- 
most cannot exceed twenty miles, consisting of an 
entirely level flat, and probably of alluvial soil, while 
the granitic region attached to that isolated rocky 
mountain which I have mentioned above may, most 
probably, be turned without difficulty. The level of 
the Ts&d and that of the river Benuwe near Gewe, 
where it is joined by the mayo Kebbi, seem to be al- 
most identical ; at least, according to all appearance, 
the Benuwe at the place mentioned is not more than 
850 or 900 feet above the level of the sea. All this 
bounty of nature will, I trust, one day be turned to 
account, though many changes must take place in this 
country before a regular and peaceful intercourse can 
be established. The very scenes which I witnessed 
are an unmistakable proof of the misery into which 
these regions are plunged. 
But, as I have carried away the reader's attention 
from the thread of the narrative, so I myself had 
almost forgotten where I was, and it required an 
admonition from my friend Abu Daiid to induce me 
