Chap. XXXVI. THE BA'TTA. 
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to designate the territories as well as the tribes set- 
tled in them, of which several are still entirely in- 
dependent of the Fiilbe. 
The Batta inhabit not only all the country on the 
middle course of the Benuwe and along the Faro for 
some distance beyond Mount Alantika, but also the 
whole region north from these rivers as far as the 
southern boundaries of Bornu. It is in their lan- 
guage that the river has received the name Be-noe, 
or Be-nuwe, meaning " the Mother of Waters." 
The tribe which ranks next in numbers and im- 
portance is the Fall, settled between the upper 
course of the Benuwe and the southern provinces of 
Bagirmi, of whose families and territories (the same 
name generally indicating both) I learnt the following 
names : Safalawa, Yamyam (probably not an origi- 
nal name), Gider, Debba ; Miindam, with the chief 
place Lere, the residence of the powerful pagan prince 
(kowa) Gonshome ; Mambay, Dama, Lame, Laka, 
Duru, Nanigi, not far east from Chdmba, and Boka. 
Their idiom seems to be quite distinct from that of 
places I shall soon describe on my journey back to Kukawa ; 
Sulleri, Bundang, Garuwa, Villachi, Surkolchi *, Kanada, A'fong, 
Tawi, Sediri, Borongo, Fawe, Holchi, Glrbu, Karin, Befate, Gel- 
lefo, Furo, Bengo, Btilkuto, Kongchi, Yogo, Ganta, Bagele, Bir- 
gene, Yebbolewo, or Yebborewo, Dasin, Keddo, Gere, Keddeme, 
Ndong, Lawaru, Bang, Bachama, Bulla, Zani, Boy, Kirrengabo, 
Bolki, Murbaya, Ferma, Bolimbe, Alantika, Komro, Malabu, Mu- 
bakko, Kurachi, Woko. 
* These terminations in chi certainly do not seem to be indi- 
genous. 
