Chap. XXV. THE QUARTERS OF THE TOWN. 121 
first observe, that the quarters to the north of the 
great and characteristic pond Jakara, which inter- 
sects the town from east to west, are chiefly inha- 
bited by Hausa people, or, as they are called by their 
conquerors, " Habe," from the singular " Kado," while 
the southern quarters are chiefly, but not at all ex- 
clusively, inhabited by the Fiilbe {sing. Piillo), called 
Fellani {sing. Bafellanchi), by the conquered race. 
Beginning with Dala, the oldest quarter of the 
town, and which in commercial respects is the most 
important one, as it is the residence of almost all the 
wealthy Arab and Berber (principally Ghadamsiye) 
merchants, I shall first proceed eastwards, then re- 
turn by south to west, and so on. East-south-east, 
the quarter called Dendalin (the esplanade) borders 
on Dala, then Kutumbawa, Gerke, Madabo, Ya-n- 
tandu, Aclakawa, Koki, Zeta, Limanchi (or the quarter 
of the people of Toto, a considerable town not far 
from Fanda) ; south from the latter, Yandowea, and 
thence, returning westward, Jibdji-n- Yel-labu, an- 
other Limanchi (with a large mosque), Masu-kiyani 
(the quarter near the " kaswa " or market-place), 
Tiiddu-n-makera (the quarter of the blacksmiths) 
on the west side of the market, Yamroche, " Marar- 
raba bokoy " (the seven crossways), " Baki-n-riia " 
(the waterside — that is, the quay along the Jaka- 
ra), not very neat nor fragrant, and in this respect 
deserving to be compared with the quays of the 
Thames, which may be called, just with the same 
reason, the great sink of London, as the Jakara is 
