ROUTE TO Bl'NDER. 
597 
Binti ; by the southern road Gawo-Nyibbi, a Pullo 
settlement, with a considerable market every Wed- 
nesday. The village has received its name from the 
circumstance that the Fulbe, on their coming to this 
place, found in it a large troop of elephants, " nyibbi." 
A short day's journey ; and, if you choose, you can 
easily go on to Yola the same day. 
25th. Yola; early in the morning. 
3. Route from Sarawu, by Gider, to Fat awe l and Binder. 
1st day. Butu, a Pullo settlement in a mountainous district, 
and a small watercourse towards 1ST.W. at the foot 
of a mountain ; the inhabitants, however, provide 
themselves only from wells. A short march, east. 
2nd. Doernom or rather Doernomi, a Pullo settlement in 
an open, well-cultivated district ; a short march, east. 
3rd. Bullemi, a place inhabited by pagans in its inner circle, 
and by Fulbe all around, skirted by a watercourse 
on the east side, and bordered by a mountain at 
some distance towards the north. Pass another 
watercourse on the road, which runs towards Hina. 
About eight or ten miles JNT.W. from Bullemi, and 
about sixteen or eighteen miles E. or E.N.E. from 
Sarawu, is Ngomna, a large pagan village of the Fall. 
4th. Meso, a considerable Pullo settlement, which is said to 
possess as many as 200 horses ; it is situated in an 
entirely open country, and is near a watercourse, 
which is said to run N.(?) and to join that of Doer- 
num. On the road the village of Hamma Gari is 
passed, which was formerly the residence of Fsubu 
(Yusuf) Derbe, the father of Ardo Badeshi. If a 
man walk well, he can reach Meso in one day from 
Sarawu. 
5th. Peske, a Pullo settlement and residence of 'Abdu 5 a 
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