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9th. Lulu, a pagan village, the inhabitants of which do not 
disfigure their features by tattooing, and wear no 
barbarous sort of ornament, except a small reed in 
the left ear, like the Margin. Country mountainous ; 
no watercourses. Direction, south. Arrive between 
ten and eleven o'clock. 
10th. Mataba, a place situated in a mountainous district, in- 
habited by pagans and Fulbe conjointly. The deleb- 
palm or dugbi, a species of Hyphcena, grows here in 
great quantity, but only few dum-palms. The in- 
habitants drink only from wells. Direction, south 
a little west. Arrival, about four o'clock p.m. 
Mataba lies on the road between Daba and Lam, 
a little nearer the former. 
11th. Gider, a place situated on the great pilgrim-road from 
Yola eastward, and inhabited by Fulbe and pagans 
conjointly. The whole country is mountainous, and 
only partly subjected. A watercourse runs along 
the east side of the village towards the mayo Kebbi. 
Arrive about noon. 
12th. Heri, a village inhabited by pagans of the tribe of 
the Fall. At some distance east, a watercourse. The 
country mountainous. Direction, south. Arrive in 
the morning. 
13th. Baila, a Pullo settlement, residence of Ardo Badeshi, 
with a small watercourse. Country mountainous. 
Short march south, very little west. A few miles 
west from Baila is Badeshi, situated in a mountainous 
region, and on the east side of the mayo Sarendi, 
which is said to come from the south. In the dis- 
tance, south, a place called Kachawu is seen lying on 
a high mountain with a watercourse at its northern 
foot, which joins, or rather is identical with, the 
mayo Kebbi ; this place possessing very rich pasture- 
grounds, the cattle of Baila are driven there in time of 
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