ma's-ena' to buso'. 
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has been living here several years, the waters of this 
mountainous region are drained by the Nile through 
the territory of the Welad Rashid, — a piece of infor- 
mation which is, however, very doubtful. 
From Bedanga to A'bti Telfan is three days' journey 
E.N.E. by way of Bammana and Miggedi. 
6th. Kenga Mataya, the chief place of a tribe closely re- 
lated to the Bagrimma nation, under a powerful 
chief, to whose extensive territory also Jon, Gal, and 
Dambar belong. The principal produce of this re- 
gion is sesamum. My new informant, the aforesaid 
Moh. Bume, confirmed fully the statements communi- 
cated to me previously by Agid Burku with regard 
to the strange religious observances of these pagans. 
According to the same, the waters of the district 
round Gogomi are discharged by way of Lim, Gal, 
Banam, and Kenga, into the "gezan," the sandy 
wilderness south of Fittri. Kenga, according to the 
same, is four days from Yawo, by way of Ngar-sara, 
the residence of a powerful chieftain, distant about 
two days from both places and also from Middogo. 
According to the Bulali I'brahim, Kenga is reached 
in three long day's marches from Yawo, by way of 
Gariya, Morbo, and Byllum. From Bedanga to 
Kenga is a long and unsafe journey, made during 
the night, in about sixteen hours, from evening to 
the heat of the day. 
(k.) From Mas-end, by way of Lairy to Buso. 
1st day. Gogo. Stop during the heat in Mala. 
2nd. Ngog; 
3rd. Duwing ; 
4th. Muro. All short marches. 
5th. Lairy, a large Bagirmi place, E. (S.E.)from Kirsuwa, 
on the same watercourse, and one good day's journey 
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