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cattle ; and I felt so refreshed that I considered myself 
able to go as far as Ribago, a ride of six hours, at a 
slow rate. 
Billama behaved exceedingly well; for when my 
treacherous servant Bii-Sad, who was afraid lest 
Mohammed Lowel should wreak his anger upon me on 
the road, intimated to him, that u if anything of that 
sort should happen, they of course were Moslemin " — 
thus indicating that they could not defend me against 
those of their own creed, but should leave me to my 
fate, — he indignantly left his company and rode up 
to me. Thus, without any accident, except that all 
my luggage was once more wetted through while 
passing the deep water of the mayo Binti, we reached 
the friendly village, where without ceremony I took 
up my quarters in the well-known courtyard of our 
former host. But, before proceeding further on my 
journey back, I must try to make the reader better 
acquainted with the country, though the abrupt way 
in which I was obliged to leave it allows me only, in 
most cases, to speak from the information of the 
natives. 
Y61a is the capital of an extensive province, called 
by foreigners generally, and by the conquering Fiilbe 
in diplomatic language, A'damawa, but the real name 
of which is Fumbina\ Indeed A'damawa is quite a 
new name given to the country (exactly as I stated in 
my report sent to Europe some years ago) in honour 
of Mallem A'dama, the father of the present governor, 
who succeeded in founding here a new Mohammedan 
