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day are generally called Karda by the B6rnu peo- 
ple — I cannot say why*, — while their indigenous 
name, " Bajaudi," seems to indicate an intermixture 
with the Fulbe or Fellata, with whom the Shiiwa in 
general are on the most friendly terms, and may often 
be confounded with them on account of the similarity 
of their complexion and manners. In fact there is 
no doubt that it was the Shiiwa who prepared and 
facilitated the settlement of the Fiilbe or Fellata in 
Bornu. 
We took up our quarters for the night in one of 
the four clusters of huts which form the village Miin- 
gholo Gezawa, and which, by the neatness and clean- 
liness of its yards and cottages, did honour to its lord, 
the vizier of B6rnu. It was here that I first ob- 
served several small pools of rain-water, which bore 
testimony to the greater intensity and the earlier 
setting in of the rainy season in these regions. 
There were also great numbers of water-fowl seen 
hereabouts. 
When we left our quarters in the morning Sunday 
we hesitated a while as to what road to take, June lst - 
whether that by " Mubiy6," or that by "U'da"or 
" Wiida ;" but at length we decided for the latter. 
The country exhibited a peculiar but not very cheerful 
character, the ground consisting, in the beginning, of 
white clay, and further on of a soil called " garga " by 
* Karda is properly the name of that division of the Manga 
which is settled in the province of Mashena. 
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