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nally to the Kwona or Kwana), the residence of the 
governor Mohammed Jobdi (not Gabdu), a Pullo, 
who is in a certain degree dependent on the sultan of 
A'damawa. The place is large, being divided into 
three distinct quarters — that of the Fulbe, that of 
the Kanuri, and a third inhabited by pagans; but 
the dwellings consist entirely of round conical huts, 
with the exception of that of the governor himself, 
which is built of clay. The eastern side of the 
town is skirted by the mayo Beli, which in the 
dry season is fordable, but during the rains can 
be crossed only in a boat. It is tributary to the 
Faro, and runs from Koncha to Laro, from this to 
the town of Yaji about twelve miles west from 
Chamba, and having been joined by the mayo I'li, 
which is said to come from I'mber five days south 
from Koncha, in the territory of the Teka *, joins 
the river Faro at Rumde Barka, a slave-village of 
Ardo Yaji. This river is confounded by several in- 
formants with the Deve, which joins the Faro at 
Bubadaddi. The governor Mohammed Jobdi is said 
to possess no less than 10,000 slaves. East of the 
river, between it and the town, a conspicuous mount 
meets the view. Koncha is a remarkable place, on 
account of the wild sugar-cane (not the sweet sort 
of Indian corn called sebbade in Kanuri), which is said 
to grow here in great abundance. 
9th. Laro, or more properly " Tirgade Laroma," a large 
settlement of the conquerors, governed by an officer 
of the seignior of Chamba, and situated on the west 
side of the mayo Beli. When you leave Koncha 
you cross the river, and then keep along its south- 
* According to another very intelligent informant, of the name 
of A'dama, a Pullo native of A'damawa, the river of Laro is joined 
by the mayo Chanega, which flows two days S.S.W. from Chamba. 
