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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. XXXVI. 
succeeded in extending not only the influence, but 
even the dominion of the conquerors, in a certain 
degree, as far as the Bight of Benin. I have some 
reason to suspect that it was partly owing to this 
expedition, which brought the Fiilbe into contact with 
tribes on the coast, who, on account of their dress, 
furniture, and many of their customs, were regarded 
by them as Christians, that Mohammed Lowel looked 
upon my presence with distrust ; for there were still 
some hundreds of slaves of those so-called Christian 
tribes scattered over A'damawa. Mohammed dan 
Jobdi also, the governor of Koncha, has made some 
very interesting expeditions, the itineraries of some 
of which I shall give in the Appendix. 
More powerful certainly than these two, and in a 
state of quasi-dependence on the governor of Y61a 
only, though at present in open hostility with him, is 
Biiba, the governor of Bubanjidda. The name of 
this province also is entirely new, and is formed in 
a very remarkable way, being compounded of the 
name of the conqueror himself (Buba) and of that of 
his mother (Jidda). Bubanjidda is an extensive pro- 
vince, including the districts on the upper course of 
the Benuwe ; and its capital is called Ray-Buba. The 
governor is so powerful that, having in vain solicited 
the Emir el Mumenin, his sovereign lord, to make 
him a chief vassal, like the governor of Hamarruwa, so 
as to be independent of the governor of A'damawa, 
he has placed himself in open opposition to both. 
It is also very remarkable that Ray-Buba (that is 
