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Waday, as far north as el Haiidh and Baghena, on 
the border of the western desert. 
Another important point of which I here became 
aware was, that the Batta language, which, among 
the numerous languages of A'damawa, or rather 
Fumbina, is the most extensively spoken, has two 
very different dialects; for, being anxious to finish 
my small vocabulary of this language, which I had 
commenced in Kiikawa with the assistance of Mo- 
hammedu, I soon found that the dialect spoken here 
differed considerably from that of which I had pre- 
viously written specimens. The Batta language, as 
I have stated above, is intimately related to the 
Marghi and Zani idiom, and bears several points of 
resemblance to the Musgu language, which is itself 
related to the various dialects of Kotoko. All these 
languages have some general points of affinity to 
the South African languages. 
At present, however, the indigenous population is 
almost totally extinct in this district, which is exclu- 
sively inhabited by the conquerors, who have here 
found an abode remarkably suited to their mode of 
living. The whole place has not less than 6000 
inhabitants. 
Friday ^ e s ^ ar ted early in order to reach the 
June 20th. capital, if possible, before noon, and passed 
through several hamlets, all belonging to the extensive 
village or district of Kibago, and interrupted here 
and there by projecting masses of schistose rock, 
while the concavity between this rising ground and 
