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disposal ; and I have been assured that some of the 
head slaves of these men have as many as a thousand 
slaves each under their command, with whom they 
undertake occasional expeditions for their masters. 
I have been assured also that Mohammed Lowel re- 
ceives every year in tribute, besides horses and cattle, 
about five thousand slaves, though this seems a large 
number. 
The country of Fumbina is about two hundred 
miles long in its greatest extent, running from 
south-west to north-east, while its shortest diameter 
seems to reach from north-west to south-east, and 
scarcely ever exceeds seventy or eighty miles ; but 
this territory is as yet far from being entirely sub- 
jected to the Mohammedan conquerors, who in ge- 
neral are only in possession of detached settlements, 
while the intermediate country, particularly the more 
mountainous tracts, are still in the hands of the 
pagans. The people in this part of the country are 
engaged in constant warfare. While the country 
north from the Benuwe, between Y61a and Hamar- 
ruwa, is entirely independent, and inhabited by war- 
like pagan tribes, the best-subjected tract seems 
to be that between the Wandala and the Miisgu 
country, where the settlements of the conquering 
tribe are very compact. I must observe, however, 
that I am not quite clear as to the exact manner in 
which those distant settlements are dependent on the 
governor of A'damawa. That part of the country 
seems to deserve a great deal of interest, and to be 
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