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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. Chap. XXXVI. 
With regard to exuberance of vegetation, Tibati 
seems to be one of the richest places ; there both kinds 
of the banana, or ayabaje, the gonda, or papaya, " du- 
kiije," several species of the giiro tree, the Pandanus, 
the Kajilia, the monkey-bread tree, or Adansonia, the 
" rimi," or Bombax, and numerous other kinds are 
found. Of the palm tribe, the deleb-palm, or gigina, 
and the Eldis Guineensis, are frequent, but strictly 
limited to certain localities, while the date-tree (called 
by the Fulbe of A'damawa by the beautiful name 
" tannedaraje*") is very rare, and, except a few spe- 
cimens in Yola and Biindang, scarcely to be met 
with. Among the bushes, the Palma Christi, or Ei- 
cinus, is extremely common. Altogether, the predo- 
minant tree in the southern provinces of A'damawa 
seems to be the banana. There are hot springs in 
the country of the Bakr Yemyem, about three days 
south from K6ncha, which are said to issue from the 
west foot of a mountain stretching from east to west, 
and to have a very high temperature ; the water is 
reported to be palatable. 
Of animals, the elephant is exceedingly frequent, 
not only the black or grey, but also a yellow species. 
The rhinoceros is often met with, but only in the 
eastern part of the country. East from the Benuwe 
the wild bull is very common. The most singular 
animal seems to be the ayu, which lives in the river, 
* This name is evidently connected with that of the Balanites, 
which they call "tanni;" and several Negro nations compare the 
date with the fruit of that tree. 
