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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. XL VIII. 
I have mentioned on a former occasion, to the language 
of the Kotoko. The Bagirmi people call it only Ba, 
distinguishing it in the various parts of its course by 
the names of the different villages which are situated 
on its banks, as Ba-Mele, Ba-Buso, Ba-Giin, while the 
Arabs call it at this place Bahr-Mele, and a little 
higher up from the other village, Bahr-A'su. When 
the whole river, therefore, is sometimes called A'su, 
the relation is quite the same as the komadugu 
Watibe being called Yeou or Y6. 
But while I was thus able to employ my time not 
quite unprofitably, my comforts were not quite so 
good as I had been led to expect, neither fowl nor 
milk being procurable, and the fresh fish of the river, 
which I was occasionally able to procure for a hand- 
some present, not agreeing with the weak state of my 
stomach; although it was excellent and very palatable. 
There is a small market held at a village about five 
miles distant, of the name of E'diye, and every Wed- 
nesday another market, a little more important, near 
a village of the name of Chinge. 
My impatience was augmented by the unmistak- 
able signs of the approach of the rainy season, while 
the numbers of mosquitoes allowed me but little 
rest during the night. The sky was usually overcast, 
and occasionally early in the morning the whole coun- 
try was enveloped in a dense fog. Though rather 
cool in the morning, the weather became sultry 
towards the middle of the day, and heavy squalls of 
wind sometimes set in in the afternoon. I would will- 
