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their want of slaves ; but about eight years previous 
to my visit they seem to have suffered so severe a 
check in that quarter, as to make them desist from 
undertaking any further expeditions. Upon that occa- 
sion they lost their commander-in-chief, Keghamma or 
Ibalaghwan Yahia*, the same who built the really 
imposing palace where I was lodged. This commander 
undertook an expedition into the Miisgu country, not, 
as usual, by land, but by water, and having gone on 
shore near a village called Giimmel, was taken by 
surprise, and together with the most valiant of his 
companions, was slain by the natives of the country. 
The government seems to be a limited monarchy, 
the sovereign being surrounded by a number of high 
functionaries, who form the divan or "taluba," identical 
with the nogona of the Bornu people. The first of these 
high functionaries is the Ib&laghwan, next follows the 
Mdlaghwan or Ghaladima, then the Mairay, then 
the Madam, the Mard-legha or king of the water, 
the Wulanghdy or Chiroma (the claimant to the suc- 
cession), the Maraymarba, the Madamatiyd, the 
Madam ukhsam, the Inthawa, the Maghawen akh- 
tham, the Masaghe akhth&m, and the Maghale-mute. 
The territory of Logon is most advantageously 
situated near the point of junction of two consi- 
derable rivers ; the river of Logon, the Lagham, or 
E're towards the west, and the Shan or B& towards 
* I will here give a list of the Ibalaghwans, as far as they came to 
my knowledge. I'ba-Gare, I'ba-Kyari. rba-'Othman, I 7 ba-Kader, 
I'ba-Abu, I'ba-A'dem, I'ba-Saide, Tba-Yahia, I'ba-Herdege. 
