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sultans of Bornu seem to have left the people of Lo- 
gon in enjoyment of tolerable tranquillity, being 
content with a small tribute which they made them 
pay as a mark of subjection. But at present the 
tribute is considerable, considering the small extent 
of the country, and moreover the unfortunate petty 
prince of this small kingdom is compelled to pay 
another tribute to the sultan of Bagirmi, whose people 
harass him continually. 
The name which the people of Logon give to their 
western neighbours is interesting, as its origin seems 
to go back into a remote age ; for they call them Bil- 
langare, or rather, " bille Ngare," a name which was 
probably derived from Ngarii, the ancient capital of 
the Ghaladi, or the western provinces of the Bornu 
empire, which I have mentioned on a former occasion ; 
" bille" means people in general. As for their eastern 
neighbours, the Bagirmi people, they call them by the 
name of Mokkode, which might seem to have some 
connection with Makada, a name often applied to the 
country west of Abyssinia, and which I think is 
erroneously stated to mean Christian. 
From the south-west the Fulbe or Fellata press 
heavily upon them ; and, as we have seen on the ex- 
pedition to Miisgu, the elderman in the village of 
Waze, which belongs to the territory of Logon, is 
himself a Piillo or Fellata. 
The people of Logon in former times seem to have 
made frequent inroads into the country of their neigh- 
bours and kinsmen the Miisgu, in order to supply 
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