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Fenjar, who shortly afterwards died in the capital of 
Bagirmi, as a holy man. 
13th. A place of the Bang-Dam (the chief of the Dam), who 
is the only person in the place who wears clothes. 
The country contains numerous small hamlets, and 
is richly wooded ; the soil sandy. The inhabitants 
eat horseflesh. 
14th. I'semray (Somray), an extensive district under Sultan 
(Bang) Wonja, with a clayey soil. Early in the 
morning. 
15 th. Another place in I'semray, under the independent 
chieftain Burso. In the whole country, water is 
obtained only from wells two or three fathoms deep. 
The food of the people is chiefly (red) sorghum. 
The soil is clayey. The fields are shaded by some 
large trees. 
16th. Fachang Gongawe, the territory of a powerful chief, 
which is densely inhabited, and intersected by nu- 
merous shallow watercourses (" sel " or " ngaljam "), 
which, however, only contain water during the rains, 
when the country becomes impassable. 
17th. Gabberi, or rather a place (Jogto?) of the territory of 
Gabberi, this name being that of the whole country; 
a large place, reached in the evening, after a halt 
at noon. The only weapon of the inhabitants is the 
hand- bill, called in their language "jigaji." They 
breed numerous horses and cattle, but are said, 
nevertheless, like all the inhabitants of the country 
of Bang-Wonja to eat only dogs' flesh. They kill 
dogs, sheep, and fowls around a large sycamore 
("jumez"), in honour of their deity, accompanying 
their sacrifices with loud music on cowhides. They 
pillage and wage war upon each other. 
18th. Korinina, a large place of the sultan Koina (the 
son of Gosdega) with a rampart flanked with a pali- 
sade, and surrounded on the outside by trees and a 
